looker

[loo k-er]

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noun

a person who looks.
Informal. a very attractive person.

Origin of looker

1300–50; Middle English; 1900–05 for def 2; see look, -er¹

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Related Words for looker

charmer, enchanter, belle, ornament, eyeful, stunner, lovely, dream, vision, Venus, dreamboat, good-looker

Examples from the Web for looker

Contemporary Examples of looker

In any case, she was a looker and Horace—with his blue eyes and his sweet-talking ways—won her over.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History
Katie Baker
October 24, 2014

Historical Examples of looker

It is said that all martyrdoms seemed mean to the looker on.
De Profundis
Oscar Wilde
No wonder they want a 'looker' to take the taste of him out of their mouths.
It Happened in Egypt
C. N. Williamson
Another general term for a herdsman was Looker, whence Luker.
The Romance of Names
Ernest Weekley
There was no objection to being supported in one's suspicion that, after all, one was a "looker."
T. Tembarom
Frances Hodgson Burnett
I have often met him since as a looker on at shows, and we have occasionally corresponded.
All About Dogs
Charles Henry Lane

British Dictionary definitions for looker

looker

noun informal

a person who looks
a very attractive person, esp a woman or girl

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Word Origin and History for looker

Old English locere "one engaged in looking," agent noun from look (v.). Meaning "one who watches over" is from c.1300; that of "one who has a certain appearance" is late 15c. Slang meaning "attractive woman" attested from 1893. Looker-in (1927) was an early word for "television viewer."