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WATCHMAN
watchman, watcher, security guard
(noun) a guard who keeps watch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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 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
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