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Noun: spotter  spó-tu(r)
  1. A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
    - lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, scout, picket
     
  2. [Brit] Someone who observes or takes notes about instances of a particular type of thing as a hobby
    "train spotters"; "bird spotter"
     
  3. A worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
     
  4. A worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)
     
  5. Someone who is the first to observe something
    - finder, discoverer

Derived forms: spotters

Type of: beholder, employe [US], employee, observer, perceiver, percipient, security guard, watcher, watchman

Encyclopedia: Spotter