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noun
Someone who watches or observes.
Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone who watches or observes.
A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Someone who keeps vigil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A guard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: watchman, watchwoman
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noun
A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, historical
Topics: Christianity
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noun
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: spectator, witness, viewer, looker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
Narrower terms: browser, bystander, cheerer, eyewitness, gawker, moviegoer, motion-picture fan, ogler, onlooker, looker-on, playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, spy, starer, voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper
noun
a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
noun
a guard who keeps watch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: watchman, security guard
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Broader terms: guard
Narrower terms: bank guard, fire watcher, lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket, night watchman, patroller, portwatcher, port watcher
History
From Middle English wacchere, wachere, wacher, equivalent to watch + -er.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
