- a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- (in civil defense) a civilian who watches for enemy airplanes.
- a person employed to watch the activity and behavior of others, especially employees, as for evidence of dishonesty.
- an observer at a forward position who singles out targets for gunners.
- a person or thing that spots.
- (in small-arms practice firing) a small black disk attached to the target to make more prominent the places where a bullet has hit.
- an assistant to a sportscaster who provides the names of the players chiefly involved in each play of a game, especially a football game.
- a person who is stationed in the most effective place to guard against an injury to a performer in the act of executing a maneuver.
- a person or thing that watches or observes
- (as modifier)
- a person who makes a hobby of watching for and noting numbers or types of trains, buses, etc
- a person who orders or advises adjustment of fire on a target by observations
- a person, esp one engaged in civil defence, who watches for enemy aircraft
- an employee assigned to spy on his colleagues in order to check on their honesty
- films
- a person who checks against irregularities and inconsistencies
- a person who searches for new material, performers, etc
