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EYEWITNESS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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eyewitness

[ noun ahy-wit-nis, ahy-wit-nis; verb ahy-wit-nis ]

noun

  1. a person who actually sees some act, occurrence, or thing and can give a firsthand account of it:

    There were two eyewitnesses to the murder.



verb (used with object)

  1. to view with one's own eyes:

    to eyewitness a murder.

eyewitness

/ ˈaɪˌwɪtnɪs /

noun

    1. a person present at an event who can describe what happened
    2. ( as modifier )

      an eyewitness account

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eyewitness1

First recorded in 1530–40; eye + witness

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