spectatrixn.
/spɛkˈteɪtrɪks/ = spectatress n.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator
showerOE
beholderc1374
lookera1382
espiouressc1430
considererc1449
overseerc1450
regarder1525
surveyor1558
viewer1565
spectatora1586
regardant1590
aspector1603
supervisor1610
eyer1611
spectatrix1611
spectatress1632
speculator1647
contemplator1658
attender1665
espier1860
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Spectatrice, a spectatrix.
1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 88 She (good soule) stood by the crosse as a dolefull spectatrix of that wofull Tragedy.
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 4 She [Venice] hath allwayes..chosen rather to be a Spectatrix or Umpresse, than a Gamestresse.
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 15 The discription of the Coronation..which I received the relation off from a spectatrix.
1781 Earl of Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. I. 390 The Dutch Ambassadors..are leaving nothing untried to prevent Her Imperial Majesty from remaining spectatrix of their quarrel.
1860 C. Clive Why Paul Ferroll x She had been spectatrix of the same scene at a play.
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 264 Spectatrix of this cruel fate was I.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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