looker-on
noun
a person who looks on; onlooker; witness; spectator.
lookers-on
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pluralof looker-on.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A large crowd of amateur photographers, space enthusiasts and assorted lookers-on watched the lift-off from an adjoining beach.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
Admiring lookers-on then respond via tweet or Facebook post: “Well done! But it could use more cowbell.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2017
His swearing in was turned to spectacle, complete with throngs of adoring lookers-on, invocations of the divine, and a gun salute.
From Time ● Jan. 13, 2017
Despite all the prestige, money, and adoring lookers-on, at a certain point altruism no longer represents any kind of long-term strategy.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2014
But the gallant officer faced all this, to the delight of the lookers-on, and he was quite happy and contented, for no accident beyond the occasional breaking of a pole took place.
From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by George Manville Fenn
