Definition of Onlookers

1. Noun. (plural of onlooker) ¹

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Definition of Onlookers

1. onlooker [n] - See also: onlooker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Onlookers

onlays
onlead
onliest
online
online public access catalog
online systems
onliner
onliners
onliness
onload
onloaded
onloading
onloads
onloft
onlooker
onlookers (current term)
onlooking
only
only(a)
only Nixon could go to China
only child
only children
only daughter
only daughters
only fools and horses work
only for
only if
only in America
only just
only son

Literary usage of Onlookers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson (1893)
"... Procession — The German Crown Prince—The Decorations and the onlookers—The Spectacle in Westminster Abbey—The Procession—The Ceremony—The Illuminations— ..."

2. Paris à la Carte by Julian Street (1912)
"On the walk, beside the luminous doorway, huddled a little group of onlookers—several grimy, tousle-headed children; a pair of sad-eyed midinettes, ..."

3. Adventures in Mongolia by James Gilmour (1886)
"'—Mental tonic wanted—The justice-tent—The court opened—onlookers —A row of prisoners waiting trial—Punishment— Manner of counting the lashes—Various ..."

4. The History of the Pequot War and Battle of Stonington by George W. Lewis (1893)
"... seeing now that there could be but one issue to the contest, were no longer onlookers only. The English formed, so far as numbers would permit, ..."

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