Ob*serv"er (?), n.
1. One who
observes, or pays attention
to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and
exact observation; as, an astronomical observer.
The observed of all observers.
Shak.
Careful observers may foretell the hour,
By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower.
Swift. 2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice. "Diligent
observers of old customs."
Spenser.
These . . .
hearkend unto observers of
times.
Deut. xviii. 14. 3.
One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his promises.
4. A sycophantic follower. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.