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Definition of Looker-on
1. Noun. Someone who looks on.
Definition of Looker-on
1. Noun. A spectator, onlooker. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Looker-on
Literary usage of Looker-on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"... Va., with the Stars and Stripes floating above them, a wayside looker-on was
heard to s¡ y .... lookeron ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1851)
"... seems of several hues, as the looker-on takes his station," so these " appear
to every one's apprehension as he stands effected in his desires. ..."
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