Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.

    Betrachter, Beobachter

    зри́тельzrítelʹ, очеви́децočevídec

  2. A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks.

More definitions
  • a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Beauty's in the eye of the beholder.

    ruКрасота — в глазах смотрящего. — afyodor

  2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

    ruКрасота — в глазах смотрящего. — afyodor

    deDie Schönheit liegt im Auge des Betrachters. — MUIRIEL

  3. Truth is in the eye of the beholder.

    ruПравда в глазах смотрящего. — Ooneykcall

    deDie Wahrheit liegt im Auge des Betrachters. — Adelpa

  4. Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator:

Origin

From Middle English behalder, be holdar, beholder, beholdere, biholdar, biholdere, byholde

From Middle English behalder, be holdar, beholder, beholdere, biholdar, biholdere, byholdere; equivalent to behold + -er.

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Forms

plural: beholders
Singularbeholder
Pluralbeholders

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbehold

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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