A watchman sat with his legs crossed.
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Watchman
//ˈwɒtʃmən//
Synonyms for "watchman" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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1 entriesis a
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1 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 48 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pendar noun (guard)
Arabic
2 entries- حارس noun (guard)
- حَارِس noun (guard)
Aromanian
1 entries- avigljitor noun (guard)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gözətçi noun (guard)
Bashkir
1 entries- һаҡсы noun (guard)
Belarusian
3 entries- ахо́ўнік noun (guard)
- вартаўні́к noun (guard)
- сто́раж noun (guard)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пазач noun (guard)
- стража noun (guard)
Catalan
1 entries- guaita noun (guard)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 看守者 noun (guard)
Czech
2 entries- hlídač noun (guard)
- strážce noun (guard)
Danish
3 entries- nattevagt noun (guard)
- vagt noun (guard)
- vægter noun (guard)
Egyptian
1 entries- wr:r-S-i-i-hrw:A1 noun (guard)
Finnish
1 entries- vartija noun (guard)
French
2 entries- guetteur noun (guard)
- sentinelle noun (guard)
Galician
4 entries- garda noun (guard)
- sentinela noun (guard)
- vixilante noun (guard)
- vixía noun (guard)
German
1 entries- Wächter noun (guard)
Hindi
3 entries- चौकीदार noun (guard)
- पहरेदार noun (guard)
- प्रहरी noun (guard)
Hungarian
1 entries- őrszem noun (guard)
Irish
1 entries- seiceadóir noun (guard)
Italian
2 entries- guardiano noun (guard)
- sorvegliante noun (guard)
Japanese
2 entries- ウォッチマン noun (guard)
- 警備員 noun (guard)
Kashubian
2 entries- aùsknecht noun (guard)
- dozérca noun (guard)
Korean
2 entries- 경비원 noun (guard)
- 야경꾼 noun (guard)
Latin
3 entries- custos noun (guard)
- excubitor noun (guard)
- vigil noun (guard)
Macedonian
2 entries- стражар noun (guard)
- чу́вар noun (guard)
Māori
1 entries- kaimataara noun (guard)
Navajo
1 entries- haʼasídí noun (guard)
Nivkh
1 entries- йытӈунивх noun (guard)
Occitan
4 entries- gach noun (guard)
- gacha noun (guard)
- gait noun (guard)
- gaita noun (guard)
Old French
1 entries- gaite noun (guard)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- نوبت noun (guard)
Persian
2 entries- نگهبان noun (guard)
- پاسدار noun (guard)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Loagawach noun (guard)
Polabian
1 entries- storz noun (guard)
Polish
1 entries- stróż noun (guard)
Portuguese
1 entries- vigia noun (guard)
Romanian
4 entries- gardian noun (guard)
- paznic noun (guard)
- păzitor noun (guard)
- străjer noun (guard)
Russian
2 entries- охра́нник noun (guard)
- сто́рож noun (guard)
Slovak
1 entries- strážca noun (guard)
Spanish
4 entries- celador noun (guard)
- centinela noun (guard)
- encargado noun (guard)
- guarda noun (guard)
Swahili
2 entries- mabawabu noun (guard)
- mlinzi noun (guard)
Swedish
1 entries- väktare noun (guard)
Taos
1 entries- xína noun (guard)
Thai
2 entries- ภารโรง noun (guard)
- ยาม noun (guard)
Turkish
4 entries- bekçi noun (guard)
- gardiyan noun (guard)
- gözetmen noun (guard)
- nöbetçi noun (guard)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вартівни́к noun (guard)
- охоро́нець noun (guard)
- охоро́нник noun (guard)
- сто́рож noun (guard)
Urdu
1 entries- چَوکِیدار noun (guard)
Welsh
1 entries- gwyliwr noun (guard)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
He is a watchman in this building.
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Tom is the night watchman.
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The burglars appear to have been surprised by the watchman.
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