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Webster 1913 Edition
Watchman
Watch′man
,Noun.
pl.
Watchmen
. 1.
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
2.
Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
Watchman beetle
(Zool.)
, the European dor.
– Watchman’s clock
, a watchman's detector in which the apparatus for recording the times of visiting several stations is contained within a single clock.
– Watchman's detector
, or Watchman's time detector
an apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a station on his rounds.
– Watchman's rattle
, an instrument having at the end of a handle a revolving arm, which, by the action of a strong spring upon cogs, produces, when in motion, a loud, harsh, rattling sound.
Webster 1828 Edition
Watchman
WATCHMAN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
watchman
watchman
English
Noun
watchman (plural watchmen)
- One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
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