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Specter

Specter Meaning & Definition
Specter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Specter?

[n] a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
[n] a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Specter: apparition | ghost | phantom | shade | spectre | spectre | spook | wraith

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See Also | apparition | disembodied spirit | Flying Dutchman | phantom | shadow | spirit

Specter In Webster's Dictionary

\Spec"ter\, Spectre \Spec"tre\, n. [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See {Spy}, and cf. {Spectrum}.] 1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. --Dryden. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect. {Specter bat} (Zo["o]l.), any phyllostome bat. {Specter candle} (Zo["o]l.), a belemnite. {Specter shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), a skeleton shrimp. See under {Skeleton}.

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