'Spectre' definitions:

Definition of 'spectre'

From: WordNet
noun
A ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre]
noun
A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre]

Definition of 'Spectre'

From: GCIDE
  • Specter \Spec"ter\, Spectre \Spec"tre\, n. [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See Spy, and cf. Spectrum.]
  • 1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. [1913 Webster]
  • The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect. [1913 Webster]
  • Specter bat (Zool.), any phyllostome bat.
  • Specter candle (Zool.), a belemnite.
  • Specter shrimp (Zool.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Spectre'

From: GCIDE
  • Spectre \Spec"tre\, n. See Specter. [1913 Webster]

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