observer
Use Observer in a sentence
vər noun
1.
someone or something that observes.
2.
a delegate to an assembly or gathering, who is sent to observe and report but not to take part officially in its activities.
3.
U.S. Air force.
a.
a member of an aircrew, other than the pilot, holding an aeronautical rating.
b.
a person who maintains observation in an aircraft during flight.
4.
Also called air observer, aircraft observer. U.S. Army. a person who serves in an aircraft as a reconnoiterer and directs artillery fire.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that observes |
| 2. | a person who attends a conference solely to note the proceedings |
| 3. | a person trained to identify aircraft, esp, formerly, a member of an aircrew |
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Word Origin & History
observer
1550s, "one who keeps a rule, custom, etc.," from observe. Meaning "one who watches and takes notice" is from 1580s; this is the sense of the word in many newspaper names.
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Example sentences
But many of my visual observer friends tell me it didn't look much different from any other full moon.
From there he was an early observer and commentator on the phenomenon of globalisation.
The human observer seemed as far-off to the spider as telescopic objects seem to us.
As an outside observer, it sometimes seems that the business school is starting to loom over the economics department.
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