watcher

[ woch-er ]
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noun
  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.

  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1500–10; watch + -er1

Other words from watcher

  • un·der·watch·er, noun

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How to use watcher in a sentence

  • The huge sail thrust its yard high above the fog bank, and watchers on the river side saw it.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • Felipe and Aunt Ri sat by her, strange but not uncongenial watchers, each taking heart from the other's devotion.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • It 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. White
  • Then there was silence; and when she thought that all were dead asleep, except the watchers, she stole out into the gallery.

    Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • By 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

watcher

/ (ˈwɒtʃə) /


noun
  1. a person who watches

  2. a person who maintains a vigil at the bedside of an invalid

  1. US a representative of a candidate or party stationed at a poll on election day to watch out for fraud

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