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Answer for the clue "A worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers) ", 7 letters:
spotter

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A spotter is someone trained to look for something. The term has the following special meanings. Weather spotter , an individual who observes the weather to inform other groups. Storm spotter , a weather spotter who observes specific weather events. In ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who observes something. 2 (context military English) A member of a sniper team. 3 (context weightlifting gymnastics climbing English) One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to help them should they be unable to complete ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "one who makes spots," agent noun from spot (v.). From 1893 in hunting; 1903 in sense "look-out."

Usage examples of spotter.

Gunnery officers and spotters waited intently for any indication that the two remaining cruisers were returning to undistorted space-time, or that the main body of the fleet was giving up its futile search for the ghost ships.

Half a dozen chase cars stood by, ready to track the balloons, two men in each car, the driver and the spotter.

Not only the impulsive Bahamians, but also the more methodical Americans, with their spotter planes, their cutters, and their computers.

As Gunther paid the air cabman, the detectives glanced at their wrist spotters and punched the red button set into each case.

Fieseler Storch spotter plane taxied out of the hangar, the Luftwaffe insignia plain on its wings and fuselage and the two mechanics who followed it wore black Luftwaffe overalls.

He knew)he couldride freely down the cliffs to the coast and no enemy spotter would beable to see anything that would give away his inspection of the beach area.

The flyer was like the ones used as spotters by the collies on Plinry, the underside loading hatch and one of the side doors would be accessible from his skid.

By noon of the second day, spotters reported the creepies falling back into the ruins.

The hit on the monastery had shown that the team was professional, but even so, the spotter screamed reflexively, and at that moment, Drew screamed as well, the traditional Zen outcry, intended to distract his opponent while helping Drew to focus the strength he released along with the air from his lungs.

The Interpol spotters might not realize that Amadori was dead, that a show of force from local police units might be enough to shut the heart of the revolution down.

There was a tunnel not far ahead, and diey would be safe there if diey could get past die aiming point where die spotter plane was sending die bombardment.

Giant bluefin tuna are still hunted this way, but fishermen use spotter planes to find their prey and electric harpoons to kill them.

Mike Stitzel had once been a doorman at a local gambling house and was probably a spotter for the two gunmen.

The ground base is undoubtedly acting as targeting spotter for the blockade forces, as well as being a threat to any incoming transports.

On the way they passed a charging land rush of three TV camera crews, five groups of amateur spotters in their rusty ham-hacker trucks, and two sheriff's deputies.