Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a spectator who can describe what happened;
VERB (1)
1.
be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Eyewitness \Eye"wit`ness\, n.
One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of
anything.
[1913 Webster]
We . . . were eyewitnesses of his majesty. --2 Pet. i.
16.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eyewitness
n 1: a spectator who can describe what happened
v 1: be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes