[woch-er] 
| 1. | a person who watches or who keeps watch. |
| 2. | an analytic observer of trends, fashions, events, celebrities, or the like: Fashion watchers will have noted that pleats have become popular again. |
| 3. | a professional or experienced observer and analyst of political and historic trends and events, countries, or the like: China watchers in the State Department predict a change in that country's trade policy. |
| 4. | poll watcher. |
| watch·er (wŏch'ər) n.
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