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Meanings of spotter in English

Portuguese
sentinela
Catalan
sentinella
Spanish
guardia
Wikidata

A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.

      sentinela
      Portuguese
      descobridor
      Catalan
      descobridor

      Someone who is the first to observe something.

            descobridor
            Usage of spotter in English
            1
            When a good spot really matters, make sure you know your spotter.
            Rock and Ice Magazine
            2
            When that wreck happened, Stevie Reeves, my spotter did a great job.
            Reuters
            3
            In some cases having no spotter at all may actually be safest.
            Rock and Ice Magazine
            4
            A beginning climber can actually be a better spotter than a pro.
            Rock and Ice Magazine
            5
            Before anyone leaves the ground, both the climber and spotter need clarity.
            Climbing Magazine
            6
            She was most famous as a talent-spotter and benefactor to young designers.
            The Irish Times
            7
            A spotter may also redirect your fall by body slamming into you.
            Rock and Ice Magazine
            8
            The spotter they'd partnered him with was active duty and had rank.
            Eye of vengeance
            9
            Master these cues and you'll be a nerdy Nikon-spotter in no time.
            Wired
            10
            BBC News spent an afternoon with a plane-spotter to find out more.
            BBC
            11
            Then he opened the comm line again to the two spotter pilots.
            Mentats of Dune
            12
            One of the rebels, a clean-shaven spotter, fell back to Baze's side.
            Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
            13
            He appears to have acted as a talent spotter for the K.G.B.
            The new yorker
            14
            Then, with Ryan acting as my spotter, I scampered up the rungs.
            Bones Are Forever
            15
            The spotter would use his binoculars to sweep both streets and buildings.
            Eye of vengeance
            16
            Curse it, I should have known Airhaven would send up spotter ships.
            Mortal Engines
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            Translations for spotter
            Spanish
            guardia
            Spotter through the time
            Spotter across language varieties
            United States of America
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