Watchperson

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One set to watch.

    "The Marxists had called a strike to demand withdrawal of police and industrial security forces who had replaced regular watchpeople at the state-owned steel plant."

Example

More examples

"The Marxists had called a strike to demand withdrawal of police and industrial security forces who had replaced regular watchpeople at the state-owned steel plant."

Etymology

From watch + -person.

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