SPECTATOR


Meaning of SPECTATOR in English

— spectatorial /spek'teuh tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-/ , adj.

/spek"tay teuhr, spek tay"-/ , n.

1. a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.

2. a person who is present at and views a spectacle, display, or the like; member of an audience.

3. Also called spectator shoe . a white shoe with a perforated wing tip and back trim, traditionally of dark brown, dark blue, or black but sometimes of a lighter color.

[ 1580-90; spectator, equiv. to specta ( re ), freq. of specere to look, regard + -tor -TOR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .