watcher
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- noun
- /ˈwɑːtʃər/
:
velador
- During the vigil, he acted as a watcher to ensure that no one felt alone.
Examples
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The family arranged for a watcher to be present with their loved one in the hospital.
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But it's probably for the best for I have not got the money to afford a grave watcher.
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I'm glad she got to go without a designated watcher, just like she and her mother intended.
Blog text (26) -
Also, please keep in mind that the Watcher's Council is looking for a couple of new members.
Blog text (14) -
Buffy's Watcher smoothed back his hair and pushed up his glasses.
Fiction book (1999) -
We're Watchers, not cops.
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As a devoted watcher, she remained by her mother's bedside through the night.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A person who looks for fires caused by enemy bombs during a war and reports them
- Specialized
A program that watches network ports and reports open or suspicious connections
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Watcher The word watcher comes from an old English word watch meaning 'to be awake' or 'keep guard', the same idea you see in watchman. A bedside watcher stayed awake through the night to pray or sit with a sick or dead person, so the word means someone who keeps watch at the bedside.