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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brocken specter \Brock"en spec"ter\ or spectre \spec"tre\ [Trans. of G. Brockengespenst.] A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spectre \Spec"tre\, n. See {Specter}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. --Dryden. 2. (Zo["o]l.) a The tarsius. b A stick insect. {Specter bat} (Zo["o]l.), any phyllostome bat. {Specter candle} (Zo["o]l.), a belemnite. {Specter shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), a skeleton shrimp. See under {Skeleton}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spectre n 1: an unusual appearing ghostly figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: {apparition}, {phantom}, {specter}] 2: 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}]
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