eyewitness
[noun ahy-wit-nis, ahy-wit-nis; verb ahy-wit-nis]
- a person who actually sees some act, occurrence, or thing and can give a firsthand account of it: There were two eyewitnesses to the murder.
- to view with one's own eyes: to eyewitness a murder.
Origin of eyewitness
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Examples from the Web for eyewitness
Contemporary Examples
Obama said, through laughter, according to an eyewitness report of the meeting in The Telegraph.
Mr Obama said, through laughter, according to an eyewitness report of the meeting in The Telegraph.
One eyewitness reported seeing the police force students out of another bus at gunpoint.
With them go our only eyewitness accounts of the real effects of nuclear war.
Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of ReconciliationClifton Truman Daniel
August 5, 2014
Their hub is an aggregate of photographs and eyewitness reports taken by hundreds of collectives.
Historical Examples
General Hamley, an eyewitness, says "some four or five minutes."
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
His could only be the impressions of an eyewitness in an orbit limited to his Brigade.
With Manchesters in the EastGerald B. Hurst
From beginning to end the scene was one which no eyewitness ever could forget.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus VasaPaul Barron Watson
But at length I was eyewitness of an episode that explained the puzzle.
Wild Animals at HomeErnest Thompson Seton
There was a glorious crash coming, and for his part he meant to be an eyewitness.
eyewitness
- a person present at an event who can describe what happened
- (as modifier)an eyewitness account
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Word Origin and History for eyewitness
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