spier

[spahy-er]

noun

1. a person who spies, watches, or discovers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spier¹

Middle English word dating back to 1225–75; spy, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Ian Spier, a lawyer who resigned from the task force, put it best: “Heritage has sent signals through its president that it doesn’t seem to take the problem of antisemitism and its rise in the GOP conservative movement seriously.”

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Mr Spier, of Sykes, which has 22,500 UK properties including more than 4,000 in Wales, said: "I don't think a tourism levy necessarily says to visitors, 'you're not welcome'. But I think it's just pure economics. I just think it's a very risky economic move."

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Charging people extra for overnight stays would mean "taxing something you really want to encourage", said Ben Spier of Sykes Holiday Cottages.

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The exhibition was organized by Getty curators Sara E. Cole and Jens Daehner and former curator Jeffrey Spier, together with Margarit Damyanov, a professor of Thracian archaeology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

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This is also the time when Cronenberg began to assemble his enduring team of collaborators: composer Howard Shore, production designer Carol Spier and a small ensemble of Canadian character actors, many of whom have worked on multiple Cronenberg films.

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