name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
watchman
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈwɒtʃmən/
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CMU ARPABET: W AA1 CH M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A man set to watch: a man who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night; (loosely) any such person of any sex or gender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: watcher, watchwoman
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: watcher, watchwoman
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a guard who keeps watch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: watcher, security guard
Antonyms: none provided
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
Etymology
From Middle English waccheman. By surface analysis, watch + -man.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: pendar — guard
- Arabic: حَارِس (ḥāris) — guard
- Arabic: حارس (ḥāris) — guard
- Aromanian: avigljitor — guard
- Azerbaijani: gözətçi — guard
- Bashkir: һаҡсы (haqsı) — guard
- Belarusian: вартаўні́к (vartawník) — guard
- Belarusian: сто́раж (stóraž) — guard
- Belarusian: ахо́ўнік (axównik) — guard
- Bulgarian: пазач (pazač) — guard
- Bulgarian: стража (straža) — guard
- Catalan: guaita — guard
- Chinese Mandarin: 看守者 (kānshǒuzhě) — guard
- Czech: hlídač — guard
- Czech: strážce — guard
- Danish: vagt — guard
- Danish: nattevagt — guard
- Danish: vægter — guard
- Egyptian: wr:r-S-i-i-hrw:A1 (wršy) — guard
- Finnish: vartija — guard
- French: guetteur — guard
- French: sentinelle — guard
- Old French: gaite — guard
- Galician: garda — guard
- Galician: sentinela — guard
- Galician: vixía — guard
- Galician: vixilante — guard
- German: Wächter — guard
- Hindi: प्रहरी (prahrī) — guard
- Hindi: पहरेदार (pahredār) — guard
- Hindi: चौकीदार (caukīdār) — guard
- Hungarian: őrszem — guard
- Irish: seiceadóir — guard
- Italian: guardiano — guard
- Italian: sorvegliante — guard
- Japanese: 警備員 (keibiin) — guard
- Japanese: ウォッチマン (wotchiman) — guard
- Kashubian: aùsknecht — guard
- Kashubian: dozérca — guard
- Korean: 경비원 (gyeongbiwon) — guard
- Korean: 야경꾼 (yagyeongkkun) — guard
- Latin: custos — guard
- Latin: vigil — guard
- Latin: excubitor — guard
- Macedonian: стражар (stražar) — guard
- Macedonian: чу́вар (čúvar) — guard
- Māori: kaimataara — guard
- Muna: dhaga — guard
- Navajo: haʼasídí — guard
- Nivkh: йытӈунивх (jətŋuņivx) — guard
- Occitan: gacha — guard
- Occitan: gach — guard
- Occitan: gaita — guard
- Occitan: gait — guard
- Occitan: sentinèla — guard
- Persian: نگهبان (negahbân) — guard
- Persian: پاسدار (pâsdâr) — guard
- Plautdietsch: Loagawach — guard
- Polabian: storz — guard
- Polish: stróż — guard
- Portuguese: vigia — guard
- Romanian: paznic — guard
- Romanian: străjer — guard
- Romanian: păzitor — guard
- Romanian: gardian — guard
- Russian: сто́рож (stórož) — guard
- Russian: охра́нник (oxránnik) — guard
- Slovak: strážca — guard
- Spanish: guardián — guard
- Spanish: celador — guard
- Spanish: guarda — guard
- Spanish: vigía — guard
- Spanish: centinela — guard
- Spanish: encargado — guard
- Spanish: vigilante — guard
- Spanish: shafo — guard
- Swahili: mlinzi — guard
- Swahili: mabawabu — guard
- Swedish: väktare — guard
- Taos: xína — guard
- Thai: ยาม (yaam) — guard
- Thai: ภารโรง (paan-roong) — guard
- Turkish: bekçi — guard
- Turkish: nöbetçi — guard
- Turkish: gözetmen — guard
- Turkish: gardiyan — guard
- Ottoman Turkish: نوبت (nevbet, nöbet) — guard
- Ukrainian: сто́рож (stórož) — guard
- Ukrainian: вартівни́к (vartivnýk) — guard
- Ukrainian: охоро́нник (oxorónnyk) — guard
- Ukrainian: охоро́нець (oxorónecʹ) — guard
- Urdu: چَوکِیدار (caukīdār) — guard
- Welsh: gwyliwr — guard
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