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onlooker

noun
/ˈɒnlʊkə/UK/ˈɔnlɵkə/

Etymology

From on + look + -er, probably from the verb look on, but compare with onlook.

  1. inherited from *lōkōn✻
  2. inherited from lōcian
  3. inherited from loken
  4. formed as onlooker — “on + look + -er”

Definitions

  1. A spectator

    A spectator; someone looks on or watches, without becoming involved or participating.

    • I wasn’t involved in the fight; I was only an onlooker.
    • As a result, while the train was being shunted at Bombay, the buffers became locked, producing a situation most intriguing for the onlookers, but exasperating for the exalted passengers and the unhappy railway authorities.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for onlooker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA