noun
- people who give testimony based on what they have heard rather than what they have seen
Usage: legal context; plural form of earwitness
Examples
- The prosecution called several earwitnesses who heard the argument next door.
- Earwitnesses testified that they heard gunshots around midnight.
- The court relied on earwitnesses since no one actually saw the incident.
- Police interviewed earwitnesses who heard the crash from their homes.
- The defense questioned the reliability of the earwitnesses’ accounts.
- Three earwitnesses confirmed hearing the defendant’s voice that night.