Spectator

Spectator

Spectator defined as n. An observer of an event or person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.

"The Spectator" is the name of several publications.

*The Spectator (1711), which is the one most often meant in historical contexts, a British publication edited by Addison and Steele
*The Spectator (1828), a British weekly publication continuing as of 2008
*The Hamilton Spectator, a Hamilton, Ontario newspaper published since 1846
* Spectator (magazine), a free BDSM/sex newspaper in San Francisco, published from 1978 until 2005.
* "Columbia Daily Spectator", the student newspaper of Columbia University
* the student newspaper of Stuyvesant High School
* the student newspaper of Lake Forest Academy
* the student newspaper of Hamilton College
* the student newspaper of Valdosta State University
*"The Spectator" was the name of the student humor magazine of St. John's University in Queens, New York. It is now known as the Spectator Humor Magazine.

ee also

* The American Spectator, a U.S. conservative political magazine
* American Spectator, a literary magazine published from 1932 to 1937
* Spectator sport


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  • spectator — SPECTATÓR, OÁRE, spectatori, oare, s. m. şi f. Persoană care asistă la un spectacol artistic sau la o competiţie sportivă. ♦ Persoană martoră la o întâmplare, la un eveniment. – fr. spectateur (lat. lit. spectator). Trimis de pan111, 15.07.2004.… …   Dicționar Român

  • spectator — spectator, observer, beholder, looker on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, kibitzer are comparable when they mean one who sees or looks upon something. Spectator can be used precisely in place of auditor for one that attends an… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • spectator — (n.) 1580s, from L. spectator viewer, watcher, from pp. stem of spectare to view, watch (see SPECTACLE (Cf. spectacle)). Spectator sport is attested from 1943 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Spectator — Spec*ta tor, n. [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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Spectator — Spectator, The a magazine which contains articles about politics, important events, and the arts. There are separate British and US magazines called The Spectator. The magazine was started in the UK in 1711, by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Spectātor — Spectātor, 1) (lat.), Zuschauer in öffentlichen Spielen (s.d.); 2) (engl., spr. Specteter), der Titel einer englischen Zeitung …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Spectātor — (lat., »Zuschauer«), 1) (engl., spr. ßpecktēter) Titel einer berühmten, von Addison (s. d.) herausgegebenen englischen Wochenschrift; vgl. Moralische Wochenschriften. – 2) Pseudonym von F. X. Kraus (s. d. 3) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • spectator — index bystander, eyewitness Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Spectator —   [spek teɪtə; englisch »Zuschauer«], 1828 von dem schottischen Journalisten Robert Stephen Rintoul (* 1787, ✝ 1858) gegründete britische Wochenschrift der Liberalradikalen, die u. a. von John Sankt Leo Strachey (* 1860, ✝ 1927) herausgegeben… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • spectator — is spelt or, not er …   Modern English usage

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