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Watchman

//ˈwɒtʃmən// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A man set to watch: a man who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night; (loosely) any such person of any sex or gender.

    "Near-synonyms: watcher, watchwoman"

  2. 2
    a male guard who keeps watch wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English waccheman. By surface analysis, watch + -man.

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