Definition of Eyewitness

1. Noun. A spectator who can describe what happened.

Generic synonyms: Looker, Spectator, Viewer, Watcher, Witness

2. Verb. Be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes.
Generic synonyms: Witness

Definition of Eyewitness

1. n. One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.

Definition of Eyewitness

1. Noun. Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it. ¹

2. Verb. To be present at an event, and see it ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eyewitness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyewitness

eyets
eyewall
eyewall mesovortex
eyewall mesovortices
eyewalls
eyewash
eyewashes
eyewater
eyewatering
eyewaters
eyewear
eyewink
eyewinker
eyewinkers
eyewinks
eyewitness (current term)
eyewitnessed
eyewitnesses
eyghen
eygre
eygres
eying
eylettersite
eyliad
eyliads
eyndill
eyne
eyot
eyots
eyr

Literary usage of Eyewitness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York Times Current History (1915)
"THE " eyewitness " STORY. ... was communicated by the British Official eyewitness present with General Headquarters, supplementing his continuous narrative ..."

2. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1896)
"... AM COPY of a PAPER from an eyewitness concerning /»/. 1779- the cruelties after the battle of Culloden, in form of a letter to me, ROBERT FORBES. ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"The testimony of Swinton, himself an eyewitness, is more emphatic and complete. ' It took hardly more than ten ' minutes to decide the battle. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"To these con versions, Origen, an eyewitness, testifies in his "Contra Celsum" (I, 46; PG, XI, 746). ..."

5. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"You are an eyewitness to all our perplexities and all our wants. You know the dangerous consequences of leaving the enemy in quiet possession of their ..."

6. A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands by Hugh Fraser (1910)
"... Description of an eyewitness — Fearful Loss of Life — Obsequies by Night — The Emperor Closes all the Theatres — Inspects Them Himself and Orders Proper ..."

7. The Canadian War of 1812 by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"The name of Indian, or the sight of the wound< or the devil, or something else, petrified them,' wrote eyewitness ; ' not a regiment, not a company, ..."

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