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Definition of Watchman

Watchman

  1. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
  2. Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.

Watchman Quotations

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.
William Shakespeare

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.
Tallulah Bankhead

When I was in Philadelphia during the Depression in 1930 or '31, I got a very sad job as a night watchman in a garage. The cars in the garage had been abandoned by their owners, since they had lost their jobs and couldn't keep up the payments.
Tom Glazer
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Watchman Translations

watchman in Dutch is waker, nachtwacht, klepperman
watchman in French is veilleur
watchman in Latin is custos
watchman in Portuguese is guarda
watchman in Swedish is nattvakt

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