Watchman /(?)/
Watch·man
Watchman
n.
pl. Watchmen
- One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
- Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
Phrases & Compounds
- Watchman beetle
- 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
- 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.