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looker-on

[ loo k-er-on, -awn ]
/ ˌlʊk ərˈɒn, -ˈɔn /
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noun, plural look·ers-on.

a person who looks on; onlooker; witness; spectator.

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RELATED WORDS

viewer, bystander, onlooker, witness, watcher, observer, sightseer, spectator, fan, theatergoer, eyewitness, testimony, passerby, beholder, looker, kibitzer, seer, playgoer, clapper, perceiver

Nearby words

look-through, lookalike, lookdown, lookee, looker, looker-on, lookie-likie, looking, looking glass, looking-glass, looking-glass self

Origin of looker-on

1530–40; look on + -er1
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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