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looker-on

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look·er-on (lkr-n, -ôn)
n. pl. look·ers-on (lkrz-)
A spectator; an onlooker.
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Noun1.looker-onlooker-on - someone who looks on
onlooker
looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness - a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
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"In short," he says, "I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
Felix here, who knows him best, says that he will not come because he prefers ever to play the game from outside the circle, a looker-on to all appearance, yet sometimes wielding an unseen force.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Kennedy asked this question only to tease Joe; and he did so the more willingly because he had, for a moment, shared the poor lad's hallucinations; but, not finding any thing in them, he had fallen back into the attitude of a strong-minded looker-on, and turned the affair off with a laugh.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
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