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beholder

/bɪˈhəʊldə/US/bɪˈhoʊldɚ/

beholder noun: someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.

Noun

beholder (plural beholders)

  1. Someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.
  2. A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks.

beholder meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu

beholder in Hindi

someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
अवेक्षक avekṣak

beholder in Tamil

காண்பவர், கண்டோன், பார்ப்பவர்

beholder in Urdu

مشاہد, تماشائی

Forms of beholder

pluralbeholders

Plural of beholder: beholders

Origin of beholder

From Middle English behalder, be holdar, beholder, beholdere, biholdar, biholdere, byholdere; equivalent to behold + -er.

Words formed from beholder

Words that rhyme with beholder

Questions about beholder

What does beholder mean?
Beholder means someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.
What is beholder in Hindi?
Beholder in Hindi is अवेक्षक (avekṣak). See Beholder meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is beholder?
Beholder is a noun.
How do you pronounce beholder?
Beholder is pronounced /bɪˈhəʊldə/ (UK).
What is the plural of beholder?
The plural of beholder is beholders.

Words near beholder in the dictionary

  1. behold
  2. beholdable
  3. beholde
  4. beholden
  5. beholdenness
  6. beholder
  7. beholders
  8. beholdest
  9. beholdeth
  10. beholding
  11. beholdingness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: beholder (page history and authors); beholder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beholder (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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