beholder

noun
/bɪˈhəʊldə/UK/bɪˈhoʊldɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English behalder, be holdar, beholder, beholdere, biholdar, biholdere, byholdere; equivalent to behold + -er.

  1. inherited from behalder

Definitions

  1. Someone who observes or beholds

    Someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.

  2. A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and…

    A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for beholder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA