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n. One that watches or observes: a fire watcher; a watcher of Sino-American relations.

n. One who keeps vigil, as at a sick person's bedside.

n. someone who watches or observes

n. someone who keeps vigil

n. a guard

n. One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.

n. One who or that which watches.

n. One who keeps awake for the purpose of guarding or attending upon something or some one; a nurse, watch man, sentry, or the like.

n. One who observes: as, a watcher of the time.

n. A spy; one sent to watch an enemy.

n. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

n. a guard who keeps watch

n. a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body

"For every one of us who says actress or hostess or priestess, there is a word watcher, ready with Wite-Out and caret, who believes that, be they male or female, the correct words are actor, host, and priest."

person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody   

observer    guard    lookout    spy    picket    scout    dragon    dragoness    invigilator    crown   

listener    spectator    sentinel    observer    on-looker    vigil    policeman    watchman    scrutiny    horseman