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English Dictionary: Watcher by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Watcher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
  2. a guard who keeps watch
    Synonym(s): watchman, watcher, security guard
  3. a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Watcher \Watch"er\ (-[etil]r), n.
      One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent
      observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during
      the night.
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