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watcher

noun

1 watcher

A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind):
— Sky watchers discovered a new star.

synonyms: looker, spectator, viewer, witness.

is a specific kind of: beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient.

is a broader term that covers: browser | bystander | cheerer | eyewitness | gawker | motion-picture fan, moviegoer | ogler | looker-on, onlooker | playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer | rubberneck, rubbernecker ... show more.

derivation: look on, watch | find, see, witness | look | watch | catch, see, take in, view, watch | spectate.

Dutch: getuige, kijker, toekijker, toeschouwer
Polish: oglądacz

2 watcher

A guard who keeps watch.

synonyms: security guard, watchman.

is a specific kind of: guard.

is a broader term that covers: bank guard | fire watcher | lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch | night watchman | patroller | port watcher, portwatcher.

is a member of: private security force, security force.

derivation: look out, watch, watch out.

Dutch: wacht, wachter, wachtpost, waker

3 watcher

A person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body.

is a specific kind of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul.

Moby thesaurus: Argus, Charley, TV-viewer, airplane spotter, beholder, bird-watcher, bystander, drugstore cowboy, eyewitness, fire patrolman, fire warden, fireguard, forward observer, gaper, gazer, gazer-on, girl-watcher, goggler, kibitzer, looker ... show more.

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