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Definition of Lookout
1. Noun. A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
Generic synonyms: Security Guard, Watcher, Watchman
Derivative terms: Look Out, Spot, Watch
2. Noun. An elevated post affording a wide view.
Specialized synonyms: Meteorological Observation Post, Weather Station
Generic synonyms: Post, Station
Derivative terms: Look Out
3. Noun. A structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings.
Specialized synonyms: Observation Dome, Widow's Walk
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Derivative terms: Look Out
4. Noun. The act of looking out.
Definition of Lookout
1. n. A careful looking or watching for any object or event.
Definition of Lookout
1. Noun. A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area. ¹
2. Noun. A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lookout
1. one engaged in keeping watch [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lookout
Literary usage of Lookout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1891)
"A steamer, in mid ocean, on a dark night, had no lookout on her forecastle, but
had two lookouts on the bridge, one at each end of it. ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"lookout. NA VIGA TION. Generally. board a vessel at sea is a culpable neglect on
her part, which will,. prima facie, render her responsible for injuries ..."
3. The American Coast Pilot: Containing the Courses and Distances Between the by Edmund March Blunt (1822)
"Seven miles from Cape lookout light lies a shoal which is dry at low water, ...
On the eastern part of Cape lookout shoals there are 21 fathoms, ..."
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