spectre Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a ghostly appearing figure
    phantom; fantasm; apparition; phantasma; phantasm; specter.
    • we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
  2. noun a mental representation of some haunting experience
    ghost; shade; spook; specter; wraith.
    • he looked like he had seen a ghost
    • it aroused specters from his past

WordNet


Spec"tre noun
Definitions
  1. See Specter.

Webster 1913