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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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
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Origin of looker-on

1530–40; look on + -er1

Words nearby looker-on

look-through, lookalike, lookdown, lookee, looker, looker-on, lookie-likie, looking, looking glass, looking-glass self, lookism
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Words related to looker-on

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

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