WATCHMAN

watchman, watcher, security guard

(noun) a guard who keeps watch

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

watchman (plural watchmen)

One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.

Proper noun

Watchman (plural Watchmans)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Watchman is the 26067^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 940 individuals. Watchman is most common among American Indian/Alaska Native (72.77%) and White (13.09%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Watch"man, n.; pl. Watchmen (.

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

2. Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night. Watchman beetle (Zoöl.), the European dor.

– Watchman's clock, a watchman's detector in which the apparatus for recording the times of visiting several stations is contained within a single clock.

– Watchman's detector, or Watchman's time detector, an apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a station on his rounds.

– Watchman's rattle, an instrument having at the end of a handle a revolving arm, which, by the action of a strong spring upon cogs, produces, when in motion, a loud, harsh, rattling sound.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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