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onlooker

[ on-loo k-er, awn- ]

/ ˈɒnˌlʊk ər, ˈɔn- /

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noun

spectator; observer; witness.

Origin of onlooker

1600–10; on + looker, after verb phrase look on

Words nearby onlooker

online catalog, online dictionary, online thesaurus, onliner, onload, onlooker, onlooking, only, only game in town, the, only too, only-begotten

Example sentences from the Web for onlooker

The paper reports: “It was utterly shocking to watch,” said one onlooker.

Art Kingpin Charles Saatchi Photographed Squeezing Nigella Lawson's Throat In London Restaurant |Tom Sykes |June 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She was wearing an "incredibly low-cut dress," one onlooker said.

Why We Adore Liz Hurley's Love Life |Tom Sykes |April 6, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
There can hardly have been an onlooker who would not have wanted to go up to the young man and shake his hand.

Revolutionary World Cups |Tunku Varadarajan |December 2, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Asked one onlooker motioning toward the crush of people blockading every clothes rack.

Fashion Free for All |The Daily Beast |September 11, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

(p. 407) "The advance proceeded well from the start," wrote one onlooker.

The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) |Various
But a factor of all was that Lulu herself was the participant, not the onlooker.

Miss Lulu Bett |Zona Gale
As an onlooker, of course you see me more clearly than I see myself, and your judgment of me is probably right.

Ivanoff |Anton Checkov
But the Onlooker was no dreamer, and he saw her about three times a week.

The Literary Sense |E. Nesbit
By the swing of his stride any onlooker would have believed that Cutty was in a hurry to arrive somewhere.

The Drums Of Jeopardy |Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for onlooker

onlooker

/ (ˈɒnˌlʊkə) /

noun

a person who observes without taking part

Derived forms of onlooker

onlooking, adjective