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watchman
[ woch-muhn ]
noun
- a person who keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves.
- (formerly) a person who guards or patrols the streets at night.
watchman
/ ˈ·ÉÉ’³Ùʃ³¾É™²Ô /
noun
- a person employed to guard buildings or property
- (formerly) a man employed to patrol or guard the streets at night
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ·É²¹³Ù³¦³óm²¹²Ô·±ô²â adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
For much of the next 12 years, soldiers and local watchmen patrolled the streets to ensure that shops remained open and penalize anyone they saw engaging in the usual festive excess.
Some people had their own fire buckets - and those who could afford it paid insurance companies with watchmen to raise the alarm and crews to put out the fires.
Villagers should avoid letting children roam unsupervised in areas where wolves might be hiding and appoint night watchmen to patrol the streets.
Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watchman who thought Martin looked suspicious, was acquitted.
“Many congregants across the nation bow in prayer minutes before the midnight hour as they sing out “Watchman, watchman, please tell me the hour of the night.’
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