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Observer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. s as z.

2. One who observes; one that takes notice; particularly, one who looks to with care, attention or vigilance.

3. Careful observers may foretell the hour, by sure prognostic, when to dread a shower.

4. Creditors are great observers of set days and times.

5. A beholder; a looker on; a spectator.

6. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation or rite; one who adheres to any thing in practice; one who performs; as a great observer of forms; an observer of old customs.

7. One who fulfills or performs; as, he is a strict observer of his word or promise.

8. One who keeps religiously; as an observer of the sabbath.

Observer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer.

2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice.

3. One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his promises.

4. A sycophantic follower.

Observership [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The office or work of an observer.