Associations to the word «Spotter»

Wiktionary

SPOTTER, noun. A person who observes something.
SPOTTER, noun. (military) A member of a sniper team.
SPOTTER, noun. (weightlifting) (gymnastics) (climbing) One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to help them should they be unable to complete it.

Dictionary definition

SPOTTER, noun. A worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots.
SPOTTER, noun. A worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers).
SPOTTER, noun. A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
SPOTTER, noun. Someone who is the first to observe something.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats