observer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: observer	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
observer n a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses Synonym(s): perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder an expert who observes and comments on something Synonym(s): observer, commentator
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Observer \Observ"er\, n. 1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer. The observed of all observers. --Shak. Careful observers may foretell the hour, By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower. --Swift. 2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice. [bd]Diligent observers of old customs.[b8] --Spenser. These . . . hearkend unto observers of times. --Deut. xviii. 14. 3. One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer* of his promises. 4. A sycophantic follower. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.