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Definition of a-specter in English English dictionary

specter
A ghostly apparition
specter at the feast
Alternative spelling of spectre at the feast
specter
apparition
specter
{n} an apparition, spirit, ghost
Brocken specter
{i} spirit, ghost, phantom; optical phenomenon that sometimes occurs at high when the image of an observer located between the sun and a cloud is displayed onto a cloud as an extremely enlarged shadow
brocken specter
A mountain specter (which see), esp
brocken specter
that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains
mountain specter
The figures of the observer and surrounding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colors
mountain specter
An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summit of mountains (as on the Brocken) when the observer is between the sun and a mass of cloud
specter
{i} spirit, ghost, phantom
specter
The tarsius
specter
A stick insect
specter
the American spelling of spectre (spectre, from spectrum; SPECTRUM)
specter
Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom
specter
a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
specter
a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"