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/wˈɑtʃmən/ Listen

noun

Watchman n. (pl. watchmen)

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

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

Watchman beetle (Zool.), 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.

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Etymology of 'Watchman'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Watchman" Quotes from Famous Books

... as one who is awoke By a distant organ, doubting if he be Not yet a dreamer, till the spell is broke By the watchman, or some such reality, Or by one's early valet's cursed knock; At least it is a heavy sound to me, Who like a morning slumber—for the night Shows stars and women in a ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron

... Marley continued pleasantly, "I ought to have that watchman discharged. I am a member of the Cresta committee, and he behaved scandalously; but I dare say you forced him into it, so I shall just walk up the hill and give him a few straight words. Probably you don't know the dialect. I've made a point of studying it. If I were you, ...

— The Dark Tower • Phyllis Bottome

... commended to readers for excellent delineations, sparkling style, bright incidents and genuine interest."—The Watchman. ...

— The Bay State Monthly, Vol. II, No. 6, March, 1885 - A Massachusetts Magazine • Various

... educationally and materially, efforts are being made in Southern States for his disfranchisement and the curtailment of his education. On this attempt George C. Lorimer, a noted divine and writer, in a late article in "The Watchman," under the head of "The Educational Solution of Race Problems," has ...

— Shadow and Light - An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century • Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

... crawled like lizards from bush to bush, from stone to stone, and from rock-ledge to rock-ledge, taking their time, and not deserting one position of obscurity until another was decided upon. The fact that the watchman was upon the Rhine side of the Castle greatly favored a stealthy approach from ...

— The Sword Maker • Robert Barr

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