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spectatour

spectatour is the obsolete form of spectator.

Meaning of spectator

Noun

spectator (plural spectators)

  1. One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.
    • The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.
  2. One who observes, sees, or views something; an observer.
    • The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v

Forms of spectatour

pluralspectatours

Questions about spectatour

What is spectatour the obsolete form of?
Spectatour is the obsolete form of spectator.

Words near spectatour in the dictionary

  1. spectatorless
  2. spectators
  3. spectatorship
  4. spectatorships
  5. spectatory
  6. spectatour
  7. spectatours
  8. spectatress
  9. spectatresses
  10. spectatrix
  11. spectatrixes

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