WATCHMAN
\wˈɒt͡ʃmən], \wˈɒtʃmən], \w_ˈɒ_tʃ_m_ə_n]\
Definitions of WATCHMAN
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A sentinel; a guard; a night policeman. A watchman's rattle, an instrument which produces, on being whirled round, a loud rattling sound.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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