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Definition of Lookout man
1. Noun. A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
Generic synonyms: Security Guard, Watcher, Watchman
Derivative terms: Look Out, Spot, Watch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lookout Man
Literary usage of Lookout man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The irresistible inference of fact Ing as a lookout man on the step of the end
which must be drawn from the al)ove-men- of the engine approaching and ..."
2. A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a by Ezekiel I. Barra (1893)
""Aye, aye, sir," and the lookout man came on deck. " Put your helm to starboard
and bring her up two points," said the captain. "Aye, aye, sir," responded ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1892)
"The second mate paced briskly up and down the poop, for'ard was the lookout man,
aft the man at the wheel, they three seemed to compose the whole ship's ..."
4. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1914)
"The maximum wage for inexperienced men as either lookout man or patrolman ...
It should be made clear to a lookout man that he must remain at his post until ..."
5. Reports of Admiralty and Revenue Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit by Henry Billings Brown (1876)
"It was not heard on the schooner, and I think it reasonably certain from the
proofs that it could not and would not have been heard by a lookout man if one ..."
6. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"... lookout man; (rr) box (as near ... (hydr.) lurking rock; shoal water; en , on
the lookout; homme de . Miar.) lookout man. ..."
7. Wreck Inquiries: The Law and Practice Relating to Formal Investigations in by Walter Murton (1884)
"Upon this point the report stated that there was no reason to doubt that a lookout
man was properly placed on board the Rowland, and that the officers were ..."
8. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by Samuel Blatchford (1879)
"The starboard lookout man on the steamer did not see the white light after the
... The port lookout man, while he saw the hull of the bark before the two ..."
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