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specter
/ˈspɛktɚ/
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What does specter mean?
noun
- A ghostly apparition, a phantom.
- (figuratively) A threatening mental image; an unpleasant prospect
- Any of certain species of dragonfly of the genus Boyeria, family Aeshnidae.
More meanings (1)
noun
- Any of various species of Asian danaid butterflies of the genus Idea, family Nymphalidae.
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/ˈspɛktɚ/
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He stalked like the specter of a soldier, his eyes burning with the power of a stare into the unknown.
Happily, however, this specter was laid before it had time to grow into a morbid familiar by a very trifling incident.
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Therefore purgatory, and every solemnity, rite, and commerce connected with it, is to be regarded as nothing but a specter of the devil.
All men do naturally love the idea of leisure, laughter, loud and equal argument; but there stands a specter in our hall.
In looking through the scuttle Barbicane saw the specter of the dog, and other divers objects which had been thrown from the projectile, obstinately following them.