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[ woch-muhn ] / ˈwɒtʃ mən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR watchman ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural watch·men.a person who keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves. (formerly) a person who guards or patrols the streets at night. Origin of watchmanlate Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at watch, man OTHER WORDS FROM watchmanwatch·man·ly, adjectiveWords nearby watchmanwatch it, watchless, watch like a hawk, watch list, watchmaker, watchman, watch meeting, watch my dust, watch night, watch one's step, watchout Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for watchmanKocurek now works 12-hour shifts as a night watchman guarding the entrance to a drilling patch. Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST His usual trick: bribing the night watchman to let him into the bank. The High Society Bank Robber of the 1800s|J. North Conway|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST My friends and I went there once or twice a week and waited for the watchman to chase us out. The Stacks: A Dog Dies, a Boy Grows Up|Pete Dexter|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA by Scott C. Johnson, W.W. Norton & Co. The National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction||September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As a candid psychological exploration of a highly charged filial relationship, The Wolf and the Watchman fascinates. Haunted by his Father’s Secret Life in the CIA|Emma Garman|June 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST Then he paid some buksheesh (reward) to the night watchman and came home. Indian Ghost Stories|S. Mukerji It is quickly challenged by the entry of Antigone with the Watchman, whose story Creon hastens out to hear. Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb In these the amorous knight is represented as pleading with the watchman of the castle for admission to his lady-love. Woman's Work in Music|Arthur Elson And Kryltzoff repeated the watchman's words, "Not at all frightful," and tried to smile, but burst into sobs instead. It was the "Heynal," the watchman's horn-song from the towers of Panna Marya. Lady Connie|Mrs. Humphry Ward
British Dictionary definitions for watchman
noun plural -mena person employed to guard buildings or property (formerly) a man employed to patrol or guard the streets at night Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to watchmancaretaker, patrolman, warden, custodian, policeman, lookout, detective, patrol, observer, picket, ranger, sentry, watch, curator, watcher, spy, keeper, guard, scout, sentinel |