Synonyms for looker


Grammar : Noun
Spell : loo k-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʊk ər

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Définition of looker

Origin :
  • Old English locere "one engaged in looking," agent noun from look (v.). Meaning "one who watches over" is from c.1300; that of "one who has a certain appearance" is late 15c. Slang meaning "attractive woman" attested from 1893. Looker-in (1927) was an early word for "television viewer."
  • noun beauty
Example sentences :
  • It is said that all martyrdoms seemed mean to the looker on.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • No wonder they want a 'looker' to take the taste of him out of their mouths.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Another general term for a herdsman was Looker, whence Luker.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • There was no objection to being supported in one's suspicion that, after all, one was a "looker."
  • Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • I have often met him since as a looker on at shows, and we have occasionally corresponded.
  • Extract from : « All About Dogs » by Charles Henry Lane
  • I am only a looker on, and must always be, but it does interest me all the same!
  • Extract from : « An Unknown Lover » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  • The sight of the latter seemed to thrill the looker like an electric shock.
  • Extract from : « Mlle. Fouchette » by Charles Theodore Murray
  • You're smart and a looker, and I guess you want to go out and see the world.
  • Extract from : « The Girl From Keller's » by Harold Bindloss
  • Ill see Looker about it on Monday and fix the matter up with him.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass » by Allen Chapman
  • He was surprised to find that the callers were Mr. Looker and his son Buck.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass » by Allen Chapman

Antonyms for looker

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