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spot·ter (spät′ər)

noun

a person or thing that spots; specif.,
  1. a person whose work is removing spots, etc. in dry cleaning
  2. ☆ a person hired to watch for dishonesty, etc. among employees, as in a store
  3. a person who watches for, and reports, enemy aircraft
  4. a person who determines, as for a gun crew, the position of a target and the closeness to it of the projectiles fired
  5. ☆ a football coach's assistant in the stands who reports on the plays to the bench by phone; also, an assistant to a sports announcer who helps identify the players for the announcer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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