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 Definitions of watchman  [ˈwɒtʃ mən]  

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Definition of 'watchman' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) watchman
a person who keeps guard over a building at night.

2.  watchman
(formerly) a person who guards or patrols the streets at night.

Etymology:  (1350–1400)

Definition of 'watchman' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) watchman, watcher, security guard
a guard who keeps watch


Definition of 'watchman' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) watchman
one set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel

2. (noun) watchman
specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night


Translation of 'watchman' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (oftenˌnight-ˈwatchman) a man employed to guard a building etc against thieves, especially at night
The bank-robbers shot the (night-)watchman.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nagwag Arabic flag Arabic: حارِس، خَفير Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пазач
Brazilian flag Brazilian: guarda Czech flag Czech: strážce German flag German: der Nachtwächter
Danish flag Danish: vagtmand; vagt; -vagt Greek flag Greek: (νυχτο)φύλακας Spanish flag Spanish: guardián
Estonian flag Estonian: (öö)valvur Farsi flag Farsi: نگهبان Finnish flag Finnish: vartija
French flag French: gardien/-ienne (de nuit) Hebrew flag Hebrew: שוֹמֵר Hindi flag Hindi: चौकीदार
Croatian flag Croatian: noćni stražar Hungarian flag Hungarian: őr(szem) Indonesian flag Indonesian: penjaga malam
Icelandic flag Icelandic: varðmaður, næturvörður, v Italian flag Italian: guardiano, sorvegliante Japanese flag Japanese: 夜警
Korean flag Korean: 야경꾼, 경비원 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: budėtojas, sargas Latvian flag Latvian: sargs; apsardze
Malay flag Malay: jaga, pengawal, penjaga Dutch flag Dutch: bewaker Norwegian flag Norwegian: vakt(mann); vekter
Polish flag Polish: stróż Portuguese flag Portuguese: guarda Romanian flag Romanian: gardian (de noapte)
Russian flag Russian: сторож Slovak flag Slovak: strážca Slovenian flag Slovenian: nočni čuvaj
Serbian flag Serbian: noćni čuvar Swedish flag Swedish: vakt, väktare Thai flag Thai: ยาม; ผู้เฝ้าดู; ยามรักษาก
Turkish flag Turkish: bekçi Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (尤指夜間)警衛 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нічний сторож
Urdu flag Urdu: چوکیدار Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người canh gác Chinese flag Chinese: 警卫(尤指夜间值班人员)

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