watcher
an analytic observer of trends, fashions, events, celebrities, or the like: Fashion watchers will have noted that pleats have become popular again.
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.
Origin of watcher
1Other words from watcher
- un·der·watch·er, noun
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How to use watcher in a sentence
Yet we keep doing the cleanses, buying the meal replacement bars, and joining Weight Watchers.
Then the commercial weight loss behemoths Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig joined this crowded field.
Watchers of the Sky examines the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, the man who succeeded in making genocide an international crime.
The newsreel footage in Watchers of the Sky follows columns of refugees fleeing war, suitcases and small children in their arms.
It was the kind of political illegality that Doar and his 500 poll watchers had been looking for.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era | Gary May | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The huge sail thrust its yard high above the fog bank, and watchers on the river side saw it.
The Red Year | Louis TracyFelipe and Aunt Ri sat by her, strange but not uncongenial watchers, each taking heart from the other's devotion.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonIt seemed a long time, but the watchers knew that something was going to happen and stifled their impatience.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteThen there was silence; and when she thought that all were dead asleep, except the watchers, she stole out into the gallery.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellBy this time the two watchers had crept from their concealment near enough to note what he was doing in the bedroom.
The Circular Study | Anna Katharine Green
British Dictionary definitions for watcher
/ (ˈwɒtʃə) /
a person who watches
a person who maintains a vigil at the bedside of an invalid
US a representative of a candidate or party stationed at a poll on election day to watch out for fraud
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