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
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"
apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectrenoun
a ghostly appearing figure
"we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
Wiktionary
specternoun
A ghostly apparition.
Etymology: From French spectre, from Latin spectrum, appearance, apparition.
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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
Specternoun
alt. of Spectre
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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 »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Specter in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Specter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Specter in a Sentence
He seems to have scared Davutoglu into toeing his line by raising the specter of his man Binali Yildirim contesting the leadership.
There's this specter that the same issues will come back.
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.
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.
‘specter’ of something purely hypothetical plainly does not warrant an adjournment.
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Translations for Specter
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- شبحArabic
- strašidloCzech
- GespenstGerman
- espectroSpanish
- شبحPersian
- kummitusFinnish
- spectreFrench
- sgàile, tannasg, taibhseScottish Gaelic
- भूतHindi
- momokIndonesian
- spettro, fantasmaItalian
- 亡霊, 幽霊Japanese
- 幽靈, 유령Korean
- laruamLatin
- spøkelsetNorwegian
- widmo, zjawaPolish
- aparição, espectroPortuguese
- призрак, привидениеRussian
- vålnad, spökeSwedish
- بهوتUrdu
- ma, bóng maVietnamese
- 幽灵Chinese
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