SPECTATORSHIP
Spec*ta"tor*ship, n.
1. The office or quality of a spectator. [R.] Addison.
2. The act of beholding. [Obs.] Shak.
SPECTATRESS; SPECTATRIX
Spec*ta"tress, Spec*ta"trix, n. Etym: [L. spectatrix.]
Defn: A female beholder or looker-on. "A spectatress of the whole scene." Jeffrey.
SPECTER; SPECTRE
Spec"ter, Spec"tre, n. Etym: [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an
appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See Spy, and cf.
Spectrum.]
1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect. Specter bat (Zoöl.), any phyllostome bat. — Specter candle (Zoöl.), a belemnite. — Specter shrimp (Zoöl.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.
SPECTIONEER
Spec`tion*eer", n.
Defn: Same as Specsioneer.