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Watchman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A man who is employed to stand guard or keep watch.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A guard who keeps watch

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.

n. Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A person set to keep watch; specifically, a sentinel; a guard; one who guards the streets of a city by night; also, one set to keep guard, as over a building in the night, to protect it from fire or thieves.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a guard who keeps watch

Word Usage

"When a watchman is absent, or remiss, or bribed, the stream is turned out of its course, and every one helps himself or fills his cistern."

Equivalent

watchman's time detector

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

guard

Cross Reference

guard watchman's clock

Hyponym

portwatcher scout port watcher picket lookout watch fire watcher spotter patroller lookout man

Form

night watchman

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

guard sentinel watch ward lookout scout runner patrol night watchman Charley

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

sentinel policeman porter constable steward laborers sentry janitor caretaker keeper