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Definition of Onlookers
1. onlooker [n] - See also: onlooker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onlookers
Literary usage of Onlookers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson (1893)
"... Procession — The German Crown Prince—The Decorations and the onlookers—The
Spectacle in Westminster Abbey—The Procession—The Ceremony—The Illuminations— ..."
2. Paris à la Carte by Julian Street (1912)
"On the walk, beside the luminous doorway, huddled a little group of onlookers—several
grimy, tousle-headed children; a pair of sad-eyed midinettes, ..."
3. Adventures in Mongolia by James Gilmour (1886)
"'—Mental tonic wanted—The justice-tent—The court opened—onlookers —A row of
prisoners waiting trial—Punishment— Manner of counting the lashes—Various ..."
4. The History of the Pequot War and Battle of Stonington by George W. Lewis (1893)
"... seeing now that there could be but one issue to the contest, were no longer
onlookers only. The English formed, so far as numbers would permit, ..."