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earwitness

[ eer-wit-nis ]

noun

Law.
  1. a person who testifies or can testify to what they have heard.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of earwitness1

First recorded in 1530–40; ear 1 + witness
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Example Sentences

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Similarly, Bill O'Reilly remained at Fox News after falsely claiming he was an earwitness to the gunshot suicide of Lee Harvey Oswald associate, George de Mohrenschildt.

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“The officer standing a short distance away gives several warnings, warnings which are again heard by at least one eyewitness, an earwitness, ‘Don’t pick up the gun, don’t pick up the gun.’

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Our kids scanned the busy parking lot for earwitnesses.

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Her song—a sound often heard among the mountains—is said to be hollow and mournful, differing therein from the music of the subterranean beings, which is described by earwitnesses as cheerful and fascinating.

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“We got a lot of earwitnesses, so to speak, but not eyewitnesses,” Lieutenant Keough said.

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