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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spectator \Spec*ta"tor\, noun [L. spectator: cf. F. spectateur. See {Spectacle}.] One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show. ''Devised and played to take spectators.'' --Shak.
Syn: Looker-on; beholder; observer; witness.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
spectator
noun
1: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star" [syn: {witness}, {viewer}, {watcher}, {looker}]
2: a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel [syn: {spectator pump}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "spectator": accepter, acquirer, addressee, aficionado, attender, attestant, attestator, attester, audience, auditor, auditory, beholder, buff, bystander, claqueur, cojuror, compurgator, congregation, consignee, deadhead, deponent, earwitness, eyewitness, fan, frequenter, gallery, gazer, getter, groundling, habitue, haunter, hearer, hired applauder, holder, house, informant, informer, listener, looker, looker-on, moviegoer, newer, observer, obtainer, onlooker, orchestra, pass holder, passerby, patron, payee, perceiver, pit, playgoer, procurer, receiver, recipient, seer, standee, swearer, taker, testifier, theater, theatergoer, trustee, viewer, visitor, voucher, watcher, witness
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