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Spotter   /spˈɑtər/   Listen
Spotter

noun
1.
A worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots.
2.
A worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers).
3.
A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.  Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, watch.
4.
Someone who is the first to observe something.  Synonyms: discoverer, finder.





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"Spotter" Quotes from Famous Books



... fool ole Pop, you 'll wish you hadn't. You got enemies already in this valley, lemme tell yuh. The Muleshoe ain't any bunch to fool with, and I'm willing to say 't they're laying fer yuh. They think," he added shrewdly, "'t you're a spotter, or something. Air yuh?" ...
— Cow-Country • B. M. Bower
... pretty thoroughly tired with their long day's journey. The next day, when Ruth saw the horses, one of which had but one white spot in his forehead, while the other had two, one over each eye, she immediately named them "Spot" and "Spotter." Mark said that if there had been another without any spots on his forehead he supposed she ...
— Wakulla - A Story of Adventure in Florida • Kirk Munroe
... pay the driver from $1 to $2 a day; the starter he has to conciliate in various ways. A lump of stamps is better than drinks and cigars, though drinks and cigars have a good deal of influence on the roads; and then the 'spotter' has to get ...
— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe


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