watchman, watcher, security guard
(noun) a guard who keeps watch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
Watchman (plural Watchmans)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Watchman is the 26067th 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
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
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
