overlooker

noun

: one that overlooks: such as

a

: a superintendent or overseer of workers : foreman

b

: a worker that flips the ends of stacks of newly cut paper in order to discover and remove defective sheets

Word History

Etymology

Middle English overloker, from overloken to overlook + -er

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