Front | spectre |
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Back | (USspec•ter)BrE /ˈspektə(r)/NAmE /ˈspektər/noun 1 ~ (of sth) something unpleasant that people are afraid might happen in the future The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war.  These weeks of drought have once again raised the spectre of widespread famine. 2 (literary) a ghost Was he a spectre returning to haunt her? |
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