spotter

spot·ter  (sptr)

n.

1. One that applies spots.

2. One that looks for, locates, and reports something, as:

a. A military or civil defense lookout.

b. Informal A person hired to detect dishonest acts by employees, as in a bank.

3. Sports

a. One who identifies players on the field, as for a radio or television announcer.

b. One who is responsible for watching and guarding a performer during practice to prevent injury, as in gymnastics or weightlifting.

4. One employed by a dry cleaner to remove spots.

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spotter [ˈspɒtə]

n

1.

a.  a person or thing that watches or observes

b.  (as modifier) a spotter plane

2. (Non-sporting Hobbies / Trainspotting) a person who makes a hobby of watching for and noting numbers or types of trains, buses, etc. a train spotter

3. (Military) Military a person who orders or advises adjustment of fire on a target by observations

4. (Military) a person, esp one engaged in civil defence, who watches for enemy aircraft

5. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) US informal an employee assigned to spy on his colleagues in order to check on their honesty

6. (Performing Arts) Films

a.  a person who checks against irregularities and inconsistencies

b.  a person who searches for new material, performers, etc.

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An observer stationed for the purpose of observing and reporting results of naval gunfire to the firing agency and who also may be employed in designating targets. See also field artillery observer; naval gunfire spotting team.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spotter - a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job
	2.	spotter - a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers) employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job
	3.	spotter - a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, watch security guard, watchman, watcher - a guard who keeps watch
	4.	spotter - someone who is the first to observe something discoverer, finder beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses co-discoverer - someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something

Translations

spotter [ˈspɒtəʳ] N (Aer etc) → observador(a) m/f (Brit) (Rail) (= trainspotter) → coleccionista mf de números de locomotoras

spotter

n

(Aviat: also spotter plane) → Aufklärer m ? train spotter

(US inf: = detective) → Detektiv(in) m(f)