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Observer \Ob*serv"er\, n.
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.
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The observed of all observers. --Shak.
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Careful observers may foretell the hour,
By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower. --Swift.
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2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one
who conforms to anything in practice. "Diligent observers
of old customs." --Spenser.
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These . . . hearkened unto observers of times.
--Deut. xviii.
14.
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3. One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his
promises.
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4. A sycophantic follower. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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