<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment</li><li>(in civil defense) a civilian who watches for enemy airplanes</li><li>Informal: a person employed to watch the activity and behavior of others, especially employees, as for evidence of dishonesty</li><li>Military: an observer at a forward position who singles out targets for gunners</li><li>a person or thing that spots</li><li>(in small-arms practice firing) a small black disk attached to the target to make more prominent the places where a bullet has hit</li><li>an assistant to a sportscaster who provides the names of the players chiefly involved in each play of a game, especially a football game</li><li>Gymnastics, Tumbling: a person who is stationed in the most effective place to guard against an injury to a performer in the act of executing a maneuver</li></ul>