beholder

[ bih-hohl-der ]

noun

1. a person who is observing or seeing something:

   What is considered offensive often lies in the eyes of the beholder.

Word History and Origins

Origin of beholder¹

behold ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Beauty, in his case at least, really is in the eye of the beholder.

From The Daily Beast

I joined the Marines the week I turned 17, and that led to a few experiences that might qualify as adventure—eye of the beholder.

From The Daily Beast

That decision will certainly be in the eye of partisan beholder.

From The Daily Beast

But be warned, the action here is mostly in the eyes of the beholder.

From The Daily Beast

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and we have some very pretty girls here.

From The Daily Beast

Restoration is so perfect that the ordinary beholder would never know the tower had been touched.

From Project Gutenberg

Perspiration streamed from the founder, while the beholder crossed himself, in the shadow.

From Project Gutenberg

As a public force he was no longer a human being at all—he was a deformity, a spectre conjured up to bring fright to the beholder.

From Project Gutenberg

Sinister appearances; some strange, furtive glance seemed cast upon the beholder through that obscure mass up-piled.

From Project Gutenberg

The beholder had a vague sense of something advancing steadily towards him.

From Project Gutenberg