Definitions for watchman
ˈwɒtʃ mənwatch·man

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. watchman, watcher, security guardnoun

   a guard who keeps watch

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. watchmannoun

   A guard who keeps watch

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Watchmannoun

   Guard; sentinel; one set to keep ward.

   Etymology: watch and man.

   On the top of all I do espy
   The watchman waiting, tydings glad to hear. Fa. Queen.

   Turn him into London-streets, that the watchmen might carry him before a justice. Francis Bacon.

   Drunkenness calls off the watchmen from their towers; and then all evils that proceed from a loose heart, an untied tongue, and a dissolute spirit, we put upon its account. Taylor.

   Our watchmen from the tow’rs, with longing eyes,
   Expect his swift arrival. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar.

   The melancholy tone of a watchman at midnight. Jonathan Swift.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Watchmannoun

   one set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel

2. Watchmannoun

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

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1. Watchman

   Watchman is a 1988 novel written by Ian Rankin, and is one of the author's earliest works. Originally published in 1988, it was reissued with a new introduction by Rankin in 2004.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WATCHMAN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Watchman is ranked #26067 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Watchman surname appeared 940 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Watchman.
   
   72.7% or 684 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   13% or 123 total occurrences were White.
   5.6% or 53 total occurrences were Black.
   3.3% or 31 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.9% or 28 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.2% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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1. • Guard

How to pronounce watchman?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of watchman in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of watchman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of watchman in a Sentence

1. Tonja Carter:

   She is alive and kicking and happy as hell with the reactions of 'Watchman,' go Set a Watchman.

2. Tallulah Bankhead:

   It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.

3. Michael Morrison:

   'Go Set a Watchman' begins with Scout's train ride home, but more profoundly, it is about the journey Harper Lee's beloved characters have taken in the subsequent 20 years of their lives.

4. Juan Pablo Adame:

   Nobody watches the watchman.

5. Jonathan Burnham:

   The existence of' Go Set a Watchman' was unknown until recently, and its discovery is an extraordinary gift to the many readers and fans of' To Kill a Mockingbird,' reading in many ways like a sequel to Harper Lee's classic novel, it is a compelling and ultimately moving narrative about a father and a daughter's relationship, and the life of a small Alabama town living through the racial tensions of the 1950s.

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