Etymology

From overlook +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er#OVERLOOKER.

Noun

overlooker (plural overlookers)Category:English lemmas#OVERLOOKERCategory:English nouns#OVERLOOKERCategory:English countable nouns#OVERLOOKERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OVERLOOKERCategory:Pages with entries#OVERLOOKERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#OVERLOOKER

1. One who overlooks; a work supervisor.
   • 1929, Great Britain. Industrial Health Research Board, Reports (issues 55-65, page 49)

     In the ring-room the overlooker would be about on a par with the carder or undercarder, but the jobbers would earn less than the strippers and grinders.

References

• “overlooker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.