looker

[ look-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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How to use looker in a sentence

Now, entering and exiting a fashion show means squeezing through hundreds of young on-lookers with digital cameras and cellphones.
Paris Fashion Week Frenzy: Let’s Focus on Clothes | Robin Givhan | March 9, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Do not think of by-standers and lookers-on; think only of the individual to whom you are addressing yourself.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
Afterward she ran on foot down the slope of the hill and joined the smiling crowd of lookers-on.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
At Chester the “leave-lookers” were among the most important of the borough officers.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden Hibbert
The “leve-lookers” were the officials who exacted the levy or toll which unfree tradesmen were obliged to pay.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden Hibbert

There went up a great shout of spontaneous astonishment from both banks of the lake where the on-lookers sat.
Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp

British Dictionary definitions for looker

looker

/ (ˈlʊkə) /

nouninformal

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

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