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looker

[ loo k-er ]
/ ˈlʊk ər /
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noun

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

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

Nearby words

  1. look-see,
  2. look-through,
  3. lookalike,
  4. lookdown,
  5. lookee,
  6. looker-on,
  7. lookie-likie,
  8. looking,
  9. looking glass,
  10. looking-glass

Origin of looker

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

looker

/ (ˈlʊkə) /

noun informal

a person who looks
a very attractive person, esp a woman or girl
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for looker

looker

n.

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."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper