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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Eyewitness

/īw'-ĭt'-nəs/ · Eye·wit·ness · IPA /ˈaɪwˈɪtnəs/
01 n. One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.
  1. 1.
    One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.
    “We . . . were eyewitnesses of his majesty.” — 2 Pet. i. 16.