English-Thai Dictionary

specter

N วิญญา ณ  ผี  ปีศาจ  phantom spirit soul ghost win-yan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPECTER

n.[L. spectrum, from specto, to behold. ] 1. An apparition; the appearance of a person who is dead; a ghost. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice.
2. Something made preternaturally visible.
3. In conchology, a species of voluta, marked with reddish broad bands.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPECTER; SPECTRE

Spec "ter, Spec "tre, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.) (a ) The tarsius. (b ) A stick insect. Specter bat (Zoöl.), any phyllostome bat. -- Specter candle (Zoöl.), a belemnite. -- Specter shrimp (Zoöl.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

specter

spec ter |ˈspektər ˈspɛktər |(Brit. spectre ) ▶noun a ghost. • something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence: the specter of nuclear holocaust. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French spectre or Latin spectrum (see spectrum ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

specter

spec |ter ▶noun US spelling of spectre.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

specter

specter noun 1 the specters in the crypt: ghost, phantom, apparition, spirit, wraith, shadow, presence; informal spook; literary phantasm, shade. 2 the looming specter of war: threat, menace, shadow, cloud; prospect; danger, peril, fear, dread.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

specter

spec ter ｟英 ｠-tre /spéktə r /名詞 C 1 こわい物 ; 不安 (材料 ).2 ｟文 ｠幽霊, 亡霊 (ghost ).