A spectator is someone who watches something, especially a sporting event. Thirty thousand spectators watched the final game. a magazine which contains articles about politics, important events, and the arts. There are separate British and US magazines called The Spectator. The magazine was started in the UK in 1711, by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele. someone who is watching an event or game audience (spectare , from specere )
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
{i} observer, one who watches; member of an audience (at a play, sporting event, etc.)