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.''

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)