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outlooker

noun

Definition of outlooker 

1 : one who looks out the outlook was not quite the same—or the outlooker was changed— Maurice Hewlett

2 : a projecting member that supports the portion of a roof extending beyond the face of a gable

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out entry 3 + looker (after look out, verb)

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