onlooker

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on·look·er

(ŏn′lo͝ok′ər, ôn′-)

One that looks on; a spectator or bystander.

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onlooker

(ˈɒnˌlʊkə)

a person who observes without taking part

ˈonˌlooking adj

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on•look•er

(ˈɒnˌlʊk ər, ˈɔn-)

n.

a spectator; observer; witness.

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Noun

onlooker - someone who looks on

looker-on

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"

onlooker

noun spectator, witness, observer, viewer, looker-on, watcher, eyewitness, bystander, sightseer A handful of onlookers stood around watching.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

onlooker

noun

Someone who observes:

beholder, bystander, looker-on, observer, spectator, watcher.

Translations

مُشَاهِدٌمُشاهِد، مُتَفَرِّج

přihlížející

tilskuer

sivustakatsoja

promatračgledatelj

áhorfandi

spettatore curioso

傍観者

방관자

skatītājsvērotājs

åskådare

ผู้เห็นเหตุการณ์

izleyici seyirci

người xem

旁观者

onlooker

[ˈɒnˌlʊkəʳ] N → espectador(a) m/f (esp pej) → mirón/ona m/f
I was a mere onlooker → yo era un simple espectador

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

onlooker

[ˈɒnlʊkə^r] n → spectateur/trice m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

onlooker

n → Zuschauer(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

onlooker

[ˈɒnˌlʊkəʳ] n → astante m/f, spettatore/trice

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

onlooker

(ˈonlukə) noun

a person who watches something happening. A crowd of onlookers had gathered round the two men who were fighting.

onlooker

→ مُشَاهِدٌ přihlížející tilskuer Zuschauer θεατής espectador sivustakatsoja badaud promatrač spettatore 傍観者 방관자 toeschouwer tilskuer widz espectador зритель åskådare ผู้เห็นเหตุการณ์ izleyici người xem 旁观者

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Therefore it helped the Elizabethan onlooker to understand the play when he saw a king, a courtier, or a butcher come on to the stage dressed as he knew a king, a courtier, or a butcher dressed.

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So long as this is general, it is not always noticeable, for the uninspired onlooker is without the necessary means of comparison.

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Thus, for example, the individual who defiled a drinking-place would be attacked by every onlooker, while one who deliberately gave a false alarm was the recipient of much rough usage at our hands.

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I have seen him a score of times, at table, insulting this hunter or that, with cool and level eyes and, withal, a certain air of interest, pondering their actions or replies or petty rages with a curiosity almost laughable to me who stood onlooker and who understood.

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"Extra-terrestrial" had no meaning for most of the onlookers.

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"I know," I continued, pressing her hand, "that I may seem young enough to talk like this, but some of us get through life quicker than others, and when we say, `It is done,' it is no use for onlookers to say, `Why, it is just beginning!' Believe me, Nicolete, I am not fit husband for you."

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Stop!" Anne called wildly after him, not caring in the least for the other dumbfounded onlookers. "Mr.

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If his sisters or their friends happened to be among the onlookers on `popular nights,' Sylvester stood back in the shadow under the cottonwood trees, smoking and watching Lena with a harassed expression.

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He made a lurch for the cab, overturning three or four onlookers and himself-- no!

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The losing team, accompanied by its host of volunteers, was dragged in a rush over the ground and disappeared under the avalanche of battling forms of the onlookers.

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And then, when the storm of twigs, leaves and dirt, caused by the leaping, threshing thing ceased for a moment, the onlookers saw something that filled them with terror.

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Several had tried their skill with Eric, but he had soon sent them spinning in no gentle manner, amid the jeers and laughter of the onlookers.