Hypertext Webster Gateway: "watcher"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Watcher \Watch"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent
observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during
the night.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
watcher
n 1: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an
exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the
performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers
discovered a new star" [syn: {spectator}, {witness}, {viewer},
{looker}]
2: a guard who keeps watch [syn: {watchman}, {security guard}]
3: a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a
dead body
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