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Lookout man   /lˈʊkˌaʊt mæn/   Listen
Lookout man

noun
1.
A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.  Synonyms: lookout, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch.






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"Lookout man" Quotes from Famous Books



... used, and the confidence he manifested in the success of his project, carried the hesitating lookout man. He was fascinated by the "clap-trap" which the leader of "our fellows" had adopted to help along his scheme, for it promised to afford no little excitement during ...
— Outward Bound - Or, Young America Afloat • Oliver Optic

... of Inganess, Willie Slater, the lookout man at the bow, reported a ship in sight; and as my uncle Mansie lighted a rude torch, made of old rope steeped in the oil of sea birds, my father peered into the darkness and saw a large barque heading towards the land. The blazing light of the torch was presently waved as a warning signal to ...
— The Pilots of Pomona • Robert Leighton



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