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spi•er

(ˈspaɪ ər)

n.
a person who spies.
[1225–75]
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References in classic literature ?
"With joy unfeign'd, brothers and sisters meet, An' each for other's weelfare kindly spiers:* The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd, fleet; Each tells the uncos** that he sees or hears; The parents, partial, eye their hopeful years; Anticipation forward points the view.
High school student Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) wrestles with the idea of coming out to his supportive parents (Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner).
The site has been taken over by Ben Spier and Keith Patterson, who have decades of experience in nightlife and hospitality industry between them.
President and CEO, John C Spier, said, 'The whole business is built on trust.
The Spier Hotel and Conference Centre near Stellenbosch hosted the second joint venture between the Radiological Society of South Africa (RSSA) and the International Cancer Imaging Society (ICIS).
This book is, at least in a way, a preparatory study Spier (Advocate-General, Supreme Court of the Netherlands) prepared for a project intended to make laws for crisis situations of which he is project leader.
District Judge Michael Hogan last week entered a judgment in favor of Zachary Spier.
LEADERSHIP: Phil Anson, who founded Phil's Fresh Foods in 2002, partnered with Bear Naked Granola co-founder Brendan Synnott and CFO Thomas Spier to launch EVOL Burritos in early 2009.
Adrienne Spier's sculptural installation Unwanted, Broken and Useless, 2006, the single work that constituted the whole of her recent show, seems at first glance to be merely a spare assortment of old furniture, albeit one that appears to have been deliberately arranged for some elusive purpose.
An award-winning novel by Rick Spier, O'Sullivan's Odyssey tells of the incredible sojourn by young Donal O'Sullivan and his journey through a life lived in service to his father and the revival of his family name.
SPIER SUMMER ARTS SEASON: Can't wait till June for those summer theatre festivals to roll around again?