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onlooker

[ on-look-er, awn- ]

noun

  1. spectator; observer; witness.


onlooker

/ ˈɒˌʊə /

noun

  1. a person who observes without taking part
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzˌǴǰ쾱Բ, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of onlooker1

1600–10; on + looker, after verb phrase look on
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Example Sentences

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But onlookers were able to pull him out of the car.

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Prince Harry was in court again for the second day of the hearing, with a crowd of photographers and onlookers waiting when he arrived.

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Additional videos from the scene reviewed by The Times showed a sizable police response that shut down Western Avenue as stunned onlookers watched.

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Duran expressed remorse to reporters afterward, although he did so while wearing a T-shirt that read “F— ‘em,” making some onlookers wonder how serious he was about contrition.

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A media scrum, a wrong-footed local council, millions of global onlookers.

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