spotter
pronunciation
How to pronounce spotter in British English:
UK [ˈspɒtə(r)]
How to pronounce spotter in American English:
US [ˈspɑtə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
- a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)
- a person employed to watch for something to happen
- someone who is the first to observe something
Word Origin
- spotter (n.)
- 1610s, "one who makes spots," agent noun from spot (v.). From 1893 in hunting; 1903 in sense "look-out."
Example
- 1. He glanced at his spotter again .
- 2. He was flown out in a tiny stork spotter plane to rome .
- 3. In december , after an air force spotter calculated the position of a taliban target with his plugger , the device 's battery went dead .
- 4. You see that spotter out there ?
- 5. L 'm going to see if l can geta sharpshooter on that spotter .