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spectator (iou)



spectator noun. L16.
[French spectateur or Latin spectator, from spectat-: see SPECTATE, -OR.]
A person who looks on at a scene or incident, esp. a show or sporting event. Also in the titles of periodicals. L16.
spec. A scientific observer. rare. M17-L18.
Comb.: spectator sport (a) sport affording good entertainment for spectators as well as for participants (cf. PARTICIPATION sport).
spectatordom noun (rare) spectators collectively M19.
specta'torial adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a spectator E18.
specta'torially adverb M20.
spectatorism noun (rare) the practice of being a spectator L19.
spectatorship noun (a) rare presentation to view; (b) the state or fact of being a spectator: E17.
spectatory noun (arch.) the part of a building set aside for spectators E19.
spectatress noun (now rare) a female spectator M17.
spectatrix noun (now rare) = spectatress E17.