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Meaning of WATCHER

Pronunciation:  'wâchur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
  2. [n]  a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
  3. [n]  a guard who keeps watch
 
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 Synonyms: looker, security guard, spectator, viewer, watchman, witness
 
 See Also: bank guard, beholder, browser, bystander, cheerer, eyewitness, fire watcher, guard, human, individual, looker-on, lookout, lookout man, mortal, motion-picture fan, moviegoer, night watchman, observer, ogler, onlooker, patroller, peeper, Peeping Tom, perceiver, person, picket, playgoer, portwatcher, private security force, rubberneck, scout, security force, sentinel, sentry, somebody, someone, soul, spotter, spy, starer, theatergoer, theatregoer, voyeur, watch

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Watch"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent
observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during
the night.
 

 

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