beholder

UK: /bɪˈhəʊldəʳ/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

be•hold /bɪˈhoʊld/   v., -held, -hold•ing, interj. 
v. [~ + object]

1. to observe;
   look at;
   see:
   He beheld the splendor of the city before him.

interj. 

2. look;
   see:
   And, behold, three sentries of the King did appear.

be•hold•er, n. [countable] [Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

be•hold  (bi hōld′), v., be•held, be•hold•ing, interj. 
v.t. 

1. to observe;
   look at;
   see.

interj. 

2. look;
   see:
   And, behold, three sentries of the King did appear.

• Middle English beholden, Old English behaldan to keep. See be-, hold¹ bef. 900

be•hold′a•ble, adj. 
be•hold′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. regard, gaze upon, view; watch; discern.