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sighter

sighter noun: one who has sighted or seen something.

Noun

sighter (plural sighters)

  1. One who has sighted or seen something.
    • He would have been a great help in the task of examning the reports submitted and interviewing the sighters.1965, James Holledge, Flying Saucers Over Australia, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 52
  2. A targeteer.
  3. A trial shot in rifle, artillery shooting, or sports like football, to set the range, targeting etc.
    • Kane looked in the mood, testing the goalkeeper, Hannes Thor Halldórsson, with an early sighter and then being denied what appeared to be a good goal on six minutes by an offside flag.2020 September 5, David Hytner, “Raheem Sterling keeps his cool to see off Iceland amid blaze of late drama”, in The Guardian
  4. A sight on a weapon.

Forms of sighter

pluralsighters

Origin of sighter

From sight + -er.

Words that rhyme with sighter

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about sighter

What does sighter mean?
Sighter means one who has sighted or seen something.
What part of speech is sighter?
Sighter is a noun.
What is the plural of sighter?
The plural of sighter is sighters.

Words near sighter in the dictionary

  1. sighten
  2. sightened
  3. sightening
  4. sightenings
  5. sightens
  6. sighter
  7. sighters
  8. sightful
  9. sightfulness
  10. Sighthill
  11. sightholder

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