looker-on
[loo k-er-on, -awn]
- a person who looks on; onlooker; witness; spectator.
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Historical Examples
Were it my nature to be other than a looker-on in life, I would attempt your rescue.
Beneath an Umbrella (From "Twice Told Tales")Nathaniel Hawthorne
The worst thing was that the farce of it all could only be detected by the looker-on.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
I forgot, Roland, that I was the looker-on, and not the player of the game.
Roland CashelCharles James Lever
One for the looker-on in the struggle who has no eyes for what lies still in shadow.
The ArenaVarious
That was his gentle way of intimating that Claude was not invited to be a looker-on.
BonaventureGeorge Washington Cable