US /ˈlʊkɚ/ UK /ˈlʊkə/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    (informal) a strikingly attractive person

    Everyone agreed the new neighbor was a real looker.

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Synonyms
1 noun · (informal) a strikingly... beautystunnerknockouthead-turner
Word family
Related forms lookonlookerlookout

Etymology

From look (from Old English lōcian 'to see, gaze') + the agentive suffix -er; the sense 'attractive person' is a clipping of good-looker.

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