Watchman
noun
A person whose job is to guard or monitor a building, area, or property, especially during the night.
The watchman is always vigilant, making sure no one breaks into the building after office hours.
Often appears as...
- night watchman
- security watchman
noun
A person who looks out or warns others about potential dangers or problems.
He served as a watchman, always alerting the village about approaching storms.
Often appears as...
- weather watchman
- watchman's alert
noun
A person whose job is to guard or monitor a building, area, or property, especially during the night.
The watchman is always vigilant, making sure no one breaks into the building after office hours.
Often appears as...
- night watchman
- security watchman
noun
A person who looks out or warns others about potential dangers or problems.
He served as a watchman, always alerting the village about approaching storms.
Often appears as...
- weather watchman
- watchman's alert
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Role
Refers to someone employed to ensure safety and prevent unauthorized access.
The building's watchman checks IDs at the entrance.
Pro Tip 2/3Nighttime Security
Often used to describe guards working during overnight shifts.
The night watchman patrols the premises until dawn.
Pro Tip 3/3Vigilance Required
A watchman is expected to be consistently alert and attentive.
A watchman's attention never wavers during their shift.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Role
Refers to someone employed to ensure safety and prevent unauthorized access.
The building's watchman checks IDs at the entrance.
Pro Tip 2/3Nighttime Security
Often used to describe guards working during overnight shifts.
The night watchman patrols the premises until dawn.
Pro Tip 3/3Vigilance Required
A watchman is expected to be consistently alert and attentive.
A watchman's attention never wavers during their shift.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Role
Refers to someone employed to ensure safety and prevent unauthorized access.
The building's watchman checks IDs at the entrance.
Pro Tip 2/3Nighttime Security
Often used to describe guards working during overnight shifts.
The night watchman patrols the premises until dawn.
Pro Tip 3/3Vigilance Required
A watchman is expected to be consistently alert and attentive.
A watchman's attention never wavers during their shift.
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The infamous and...
As traffic down the trail increased, so did the U.S. bombing. They drove at night or in the early morning to avoid air strikes, and watchmen were ready to warn drivers of enemy aircraft. Villages along the trail organized teams to guarantee traffic flow and to help drivers repair damage caused by air attacks.
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Rives: The Museum of...
Take note of those clock ends. This is a college student's suggestion for what a "four in the morning" gang sign should look like. People sent me magazine ads. They took photographs in grocery stores. I got a ton of graphic novels and comics. A lot of good quality work, "The Sandman," "Watchmen."
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Why noise is bad for...
Yet another important effect of noise is sleep disturbance. Sleep is a very active mechanism that recuperates us and prepares us for the next wake period. A quiet bedroom is a cornerstone of what sleep researchers call "a good sleep hygiene." And our auditory system has a watchman function.
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Ben Dunlap: The...
He built one plant after another. He married and had two sons. He had friends in high places who assured him that he was of great value to the economy. Once, as he had left instructions to have done, he was summoned in the middle of the night by the night watchman at one of his plants.
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Why nations should...
stripped a vehicle of its windshield wipers, its hubcaps, its sideview mirrors, any moving part they could find, at 8:30, because the watchmen were busy watching the T.V. rather than minding the store. And they scrawled on the windshield in a reference to the show's heroine,
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How to recognize a...
Yet politics was never far away. Works like "Dr. Strangelove" and "Watchmen" explored the real threat of nuclear war, while "V for Vendetta" and "The Handmaid's Tale" warned how easily our rights could disappear in a crisis.
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The Future of News?...
and on his way home he was tracked by a neighborhood watchman named George Zimmerman who ended up shooting and killing him. To make that piece, we got the architectural drawings of the entire complex,
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Artemisia Gentileschi:...
When the watchmen stop her, she says she’s willing to tell her people’s secrets to the ranking general. But she isn’t actually a traitor. On her fourth day under the general’s protection,
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How do nuclear power...
Who should be the watchmen to guard it? Visionary scientists from the early years of the nuclear age pioneered how to reliably tap the tremendous amount of energy inside an atom -
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For Children With...
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The infamous and...
As traffic down the trail increased, so did the U.S. bombing. They drove at night or in the early morning to avoid air strikes, and watchmen were ready to warn drivers of enemy aircraft. Villages along the trail organized teams to guarantee traffic flow and to help drivers repair damage caused by air attacks.
Video examples
Rives: The Museum of...
Take note of those clock ends. This is a college student's suggestion for what a "four in the morning" gang sign should look like. People sent me magazine ads. They took photographs in grocery stores. I got a ton of graphic novels and comics. A lot of good quality work, "The Sandman," "Watchmen."
Video examples
Why noise is bad for...
Yet another important effect of noise is sleep disturbance. Sleep is a very active mechanism that recuperates us and prepares us for the next wake period. A quiet bedroom is a cornerstone of what sleep researchers call "a good sleep hygiene." And our auditory system has a watchman function.
Video examples
Ben Dunlap: The...
He built one plant after another. He married and had two sons. He had friends in high places who assured him that he was of great value to the economy. Once, as he had left instructions to have done, he was summoned in the middle of the night by the night watchman at one of his plants.
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Why nations should...
stripped a vehicle of its windshield wipers, its hubcaps, its sideview mirrors, any moving part they could find, at 8:30, because the watchmen were busy watching the T.V. rather than minding the store. And they scrawled on the windshield in a reference to the show's heroine,
Video examples
How to recognize a...
Yet politics was never far away. Works like "Dr. Strangelove" and "Watchmen" explored the real threat of nuclear war, while "V for Vendetta" and "The Handmaid's Tale" warned how easily our rights could disappear in a crisis.
Video examples
The Future of News?...
and on his way home he was tracked by a neighborhood watchman named George Zimmerman who ended up shooting and killing him. To make that piece, we got the architectural drawings of the entire complex,
Video examples
Artemisia Gentileschi:...
When the watchmen stop her, she says she’s willing to tell her people’s secrets to the ranking general. But she isn’t actually a traitor. On her fourth day under the general’s protection,
Video examples
How do nuclear power...
Who should be the watchmen to guard it? Visionary scientists from the early years of the nuclear age pioneered how to reliably tap the tremendous amount of energy inside an atom -
Video examples
For Children With...
camera down Watchmen Sergio de Rarawa the Armada over bodega Rebecca's terrific asana trauma para me repair yerba mr. Murata
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Tom Glazer
American Musician
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.
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Vishwajeet Pradhan
Indian Actor
Being from a small town my parents wanted me to become an IAS officer but being an actor I lived the life of everyone. I've been a cop, a hardliner politician, a magician, a watchman, a don, a smuggler, an officer all in one life!
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Teaching sometimes seems like not one profession, but every profession. We ask them to be doctor and diplomat, calf-herder, map-maker, wizard and watchman, electricians of the mind.
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Tallulah Bankhead
American Actress
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.
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Rudyard Kipling
English Writer
A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.
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Tom Glazer
American Musician
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.
Quote examples
Vishwajeet Pradhan
Indian Actor
Being from a small town my parents wanted me to become an IAS officer but being an actor I lived the life of everyone. I've been a cop, a hardliner politician, a magician, a watchman, a don, a smuggler, an officer all in one life!
Quote examples
Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Teaching sometimes seems like not one profession, but every profession. We ask them to be doctor and diplomat, calf-herder, map-maker, wizard and watchman, electricians of the mind.
Quote examples
Tallulah Bankhead
American Actress
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.
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Rudyard Kipling
English Writer
A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.
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