spectator
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- noun
- /ˈspɛkˌteɪtər/
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zapato bicolor
- Her smart black and white spectator pumps perfectly matched her evening gown for the gala.
Examples
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How about a nice pair of John Lobb spectators with a hand-carved last made for you in London?
Blog text (25) -
Do you remember my blue and white spectator pumps, the ones I ruined at President Gray's lawn party?
Fiction book (1996) -
I see her so clearly, still, stepping off the train in those spectator pumps girls used to wear.
Fiction book (1992) -
I found a beautiful pair of spectator shoes with contrasting red accents that will look great for summer.
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He wore stylish brown and cream spectator pumps for the wedding, which caught everyone's attention.
Synonyms
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A low shoe for women with no straps or laces and a small heel
A woman's shoe with a medium heel and different colored toe and heel
Compounds
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the shoe spectator is that it shares the root spect from Latin spectare, which means 'to look'. These two-colour shoes were meant to be noticed like a 'spectacle', so spectator came to mean a showy low-heeled pump that is 'for being seen'.