What does Specter mean?

Definitions for Specter
ˈspɛk tərspecter

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Specter.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectrenoun

    a mental representation of some haunting experience

    "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

  2. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectrenoun

    a ghostly appearing figure

    "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

Wiktionary

  1. specternoun

    A ghostly apparition.

  2. Etymology: From French spectre, from Latin spectrum, appearance, apparition.

ChatGPT

  1. specter

    A specter is generally defined as a ghost or apparition; something widely feared or threatening. It can also be a perceived but intangible source of fear or threat. The term is typically used to evoke a haunting or ominous feeling.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Specternoun

    alt. of Spectre

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SPECTER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Specter is ranked #67519 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Specter surname appeared 292 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Specter.

    96.5% or 282 total occurrences were White.
    2.7% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Anagrams for Specter »

  1. respect

  2. scepter

  3. sceptre

  4. spectre

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Specter in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Specter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Specter in a Sentence

  1. Halil Karaveli:

    He seems to have scared Davutoglu into toeing his line by raising the specter of his man Binali Yildirim contesting the leadership.

  2. Steve Vladeck:

    There's this specter that the same issues will come back.

  3. Steve Vladeck:

    Even for those providers who are confident that what they're doing is within the letter of the law, they face the specter of potentially ruinous litigation. They can't stop it. They can't avoid it. They can't pre-empt it.

  4. Paulo Pinheiro:

    Nearly every surviving detainee has emerged from custody having suffered unimaginable abuses, for ordinary Syrians, the specter of arrest or abduction, and the near-inevitable horrors that follow, have paralyzed communities across the country.

  5. Jesse M. Furman:

    specter’ of something purely hypothetical plainly does not warrant an adjournment.

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