the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who overlooks.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who overlooks or sees.
n. An overseer; a superintendent; specifically, in Australia, a man in charge of convicts.
Word Usage
"It was supposed to be one of the first houses built on the grant of the Rock of Dumbarton, and was intended for the "overlooker" of that part of the grant."