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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Observer \Ob*serv"er\, noun
1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer.
The observed of all observers. --Shak.
Careful observers may foretell the hour, By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower. --Swift.
2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice. ''Diligent observers of old customs.'' --Spenser.
These . . . hearkened unto observers of times. --Deut. xviii. 14.
3. One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his promises.
4. A sycophantic follower. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
observer
noun
1: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses [syn: {perceiver}, {beholder}]
2: an expert who observes and comments on something [syn: {commentator}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "observer": TV-viewer, ace, air force, beholder, bird-watcher, bomber pilot, bystander, combat pilot, drugstore cowboy, examinant, examiner, eyewitness, fighter pilot, flyboy, gaper, gazer, gazer-on, girl-watcher, goggler, inspector, investigator, kibitzer, looker, looker-on, military pilot, naval pilot, ogler, onlooker, perceiver, percipient, scrutineer, seer, sidewalk superintendent, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix, suicide pilot, televiewer, television-viewer, tester, video-gazer, viewer, visitator, visitor, watcher, witness
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