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Meaning of 'spectre' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Spectre [ n.]
- Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.
- The tarsius.
- A stick insect.
- See Specter.

Meaning of 'spectre' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . spectre [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
Example in sentence:
  • he looked like he had seen a ghost;
  • it aroused specters from his past
Meaning (2):
- a ghostly appearing figure
Example in sentence:
  • we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us

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