British Dictionary definitions for overlooker

overlooker

noun

another word (less common) for overseer (def. 1)

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Examples from the Web for overlooker

Historical Examples

Old Master was his own overseer, but my daddy was the overlooker.
Slave Narratives, Oklahoma
Various
At least, such is the report of the overlooker who recommended them.
The Kangaroo Hunters
Anne Bowman
He realizes that he cannot step round the corner and get the overlooker's advice.
Aliens
William McFee
The first was that of an old man, an overlooker of a cotton mill.
Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine
Edwin Waugh
That could not be possible, thought the overlooker, and had a look into the wood-shed.
Folk Tales Every Child Should Know
Various

overlooker

Examples from the Web for overlooker

Historical Examples

Old Master was his own overseer, but my daddy was the overlooker.

At least, such is the report of the overlooker who recommended them.

He realizes that he cannot step round the corner and get the overlooker's advice.

The first was that of an old man, an overlooker of a cotton mill.

That could not be possible, thought the overlooker, and had a look into the wood-shed.