Definition of watchman in English:

watchman

nounPlural watchmen ˈwɒtʃmənˈwɑtʃmən

1A man employed to look after an empty building, especially at night.
（尤指雇来在夜晚看守大楼的）看守人
a night watchman
Example sentencesExamples
- Police said they were… alarmed by the mysterious disappearance of uniforms belonging to janitors, watchmen and others from local laundries and dry cleaners.
- When no one answered, they broke in and searched the building, only to find a watchman sleeping at his post.
- Only, there are these boys studying in there, this watchman spending the night in there.
- For a moment I wondered if he secretly worked night shift as a watchman.
- In an attempt to control the situation, the university posted armed watchmen at the doors of all open washrooms.
- But in the last few weeks I have been talking to Mumbai citizens of less elevated status: office clerks and peons, cabdrivers, shopkeepers, watchmen.
- Even hostels come with curfews, watchmen, wardens especially when they house girls.
- The watchman from the previous night caught my eyes and I knew that brushing it off as a simple misunderstanding wasn't a possibility.
- That was back in 1979, and he made his debut as a scriptwriter for an offbeat movie about ‘a watchman in a graveyard, and his interaction with death’.
- You see during the night the watchman kind of maybe fell asleep and some raiders stole the carriage.
- Though it is the house of the First Citizen of India, it doesn't have any security personnel, or even a watchman to monitor the visitors, much to their surprise and disbelief.
- As a result, there are over a hundred security companies supplying bodyguards and watchmen for those that can afford it.
- Half-seen in a corner of the lobby, three watchmen in greatcoats crouch over a brazier.
- For here's a little detail you don't know: the brothers are children of the building's watchman.
- The fences and barriers, speed bumps and empty watchmen's huts are the trappings of wealth, the buffers of avarice.
- She immediately turned her attention towards the entrance to find a being that was not the security watchman.
- Receiving a look from the watchman the gatekeeper knew the postman felt the same.
- The watchman phoned the emergency services and other colleagues after the alarm activated.
- The beam of a flashlight plays across the glass in the door, but by the time the watchmen walks by the office is empty.
- The watchman who was working the second shift said he came early to relieve the first.
Synonyms
security guard, security man, guard, custodian, doorman
caretaker, janitor, superintendent, warden, steward, curator
1. 1.1historical A member of a body of people employed to keep watch in a town at night.
  〈史〉巡夜人，值夜人
  Example sentencesExamples
  Several of the watchmen came down from the towers to confer with the king and his knights inside the castle.
  During the night, watchmen in the town watched lights flicker all over the mountain in the distance.
  The watchmen were the forerunners of today's police force.
  If you stay long enough, you will hear mournful strains from a lone bugle - it is played every hour in memory of the watchman whose trumpeted warning of an invasion was silenced by a Turkish arrow.
  Additionally all towns of any size employed watchmen, but even in the largest their complement seldom ran to three figures.
  Synonyms
  guard, watch, sentry, sentinel, night watchman, scout, picket

Rhymes

watchmen

Definition of watchman in US English:

watchman

nounˈwɑtʃmənˈwäCHmən

1A man employed to look after an empty building, especially at night.
（尤指雇来在夜晚看守大楼的）看守人
a night watchman
Example sentencesExamples
- The watchman phoned the emergency services and other colleagues after the alarm activated.
- As a result, there are over a hundred security companies supplying bodyguards and watchmen for those that can afford it.
- Though it is the house of the First Citizen of India, it doesn't have any security personnel, or even a watchman to monitor the visitors, much to their surprise and disbelief.
- In an attempt to control the situation, the university posted armed watchmen at the doors of all open washrooms.
- The beam of a flashlight plays across the glass in the door, but by the time the watchmen walks by the office is empty.
- For here's a little detail you don't know: the brothers are children of the building's watchman.
- The fences and barriers, speed bumps and empty watchmen's huts are the trappings of wealth, the buffers of avarice.
- She immediately turned her attention towards the entrance to find a being that was not the security watchman.
- Even hostels come with curfews, watchmen, wardens especially when they house girls.
- The watchman who was working the second shift said he came early to relieve the first.
- But in the last few weeks I have been talking to Mumbai citizens of less elevated status: office clerks and peons, cabdrivers, shopkeepers, watchmen.
- For a moment I wondered if he secretly worked night shift as a watchman.
- Only, there are these boys studying in there, this watchman spending the night in there.
- The watchman from the previous night caught my eyes and I knew that brushing it off as a simple misunderstanding wasn't a possibility.
- That was back in 1979, and he made his debut as a scriptwriter for an offbeat movie about ‘a watchman in a graveyard, and his interaction with death’.
- When no one answered, they broke in and searched the building, only to find a watchman sleeping at his post.
- Half-seen in a corner of the lobby, three watchmen in greatcoats crouch over a brazier.
- You see during the night the watchman kind of maybe fell asleep and some raiders stole the carriage.
- Receiving a look from the watchman the gatekeeper knew the postman felt the same.
- Police said they were… alarmed by the mysterious disappearance of uniforms belonging to janitors, watchmen and others from local laundries and dry cleaners.
Synonyms
security guard, security man, guard, custodian, doorman
1. 1.1historical A member of a body of people employed to keep watch in a town at night.
  〈史〉巡夜人，值夜人
  Example sentencesExamples
  The watchmen were the forerunners of today's police force.
  If you stay long enough, you will hear mournful strains from a lone bugle - it is played every hour in memory of the watchman whose trumpeted warning of an invasion was silenced by a Turkish arrow.
  Additionally all towns of any size employed watchmen, but even in the largest their complement seldom ran to three figures.
  During the night, watchmen in the town watched lights flicker all over the mountain in the distance.
  Several of the watchmen came down from the towers to confer with the king and his knights inside the castle.
  Synonyms
  guard, watch, sentry, sentinel, night watchman, scout, picket

词汇	watchman
释义	Definition of watchman in English: watchman nounPlural watchmen ˈwɒtʃmənˈwɑtʃmən 1A man employed to look after an empty building, especially at night. （尤指雇来在夜晚看守大楼的）看守人 a night watchman Example sentencesExamples Police said they were… alarmed by the mysterious disappearance of uniforms belonging to janitors, watchmen and others from local laundries and dry cleaners. When no one answered, they broke in and searched the building, only to find a watchman sleeping at his post. Only, there are these boys studying in there, this watchman spending the night in there. For a moment I wondered if he secretly worked night shift as a watchman. In an attempt to control the situation, the university posted armed watchmen at the doors of all open washrooms. But in the last few weeks I have been talking to Mumbai citizens of less elevated status: office clerks and peons, cabdrivers, shopkeepers, watchmen. Even hostels come with curfews, watchmen, wardens especially when they house girls. The watchman from the previous night caught my eyes and I knew that brushing it off as a simple misunderstanding wasn't a possibility. That was back in 1979, and he made his debut as a scriptwriter for an offbeat movie about ‘a watchman in a graveyard, and his interaction with death’. You see during the night the watchman kind of maybe fell asleep and some raiders stole the carriage. Though it is the house of the First Citizen of India, it doesn't have any security personnel, or even a watchman to monitor the visitors, much to their surprise and disbelief. As a result, there are over a hundred security companies supplying bodyguards and watchmen for those that can afford it. Half-seen in a corner of the lobby, three watchmen in greatcoats crouch over a brazier. For here's a little detail you don't know: the brothers are children of the building's watchman. The fences and barriers, speed bumps and empty watchmen's huts are the trappings of wealth, the buffers of avarice. She immediately turned her attention towards the entrance to find a being that was not the security watchman. Receiving a look from the watchman the gatekeeper knew the postman felt the same. The watchman phoned the emergency services and other colleagues after the alarm activated. The beam of a flashlight plays across the glass in the door, but by the time the watchmen walks by the office is empty. The watchman who was working the second shift said he came early to relieve the first. Synonyms security guard, security man, guard, custodian, doorman caretaker, janitor, superintendent, warden, steward, curator 1.1historical A member of a body of people employed to keep watch in a town at night. 〈史〉巡夜人，值夜人 Example sentencesExamples Several of the watchmen came down from the towers to confer with the king and his knights inside the castle. During the night, watchmen in the town watched lights flicker all over the mountain in the distance. The watchmen were the forerunners of today's police force. If you stay long enough, you will hear mournful strains from a lone bugle - it is played every hour in memory of the watchman whose trumpeted warning of an invasion was silenced by a Turkish arrow. Additionally all towns of any size employed watchmen, but even in the largest their complement seldom ran to three figures. Synonyms guard, watch, sentry, sentinel, night watchman, scout, picket Rhymes watchmen Definition of watchman in US English: watchman nounˈwɑtʃmənˈwäCHmən 1A man employed to look after an empty building, especially at night. （尤指雇来在夜晚看守大楼的）看守人 a night watchman Example sentencesExamples The watchman phoned the emergency services and other colleagues after the alarm activated. As a result, there are over a hundred security companies supplying bodyguards and watchmen for those that can afford it. Though it is the house of the First Citizen of India, it doesn't have any security personnel, or even a watchman to monitor the visitors, much to their surprise and disbelief. In an attempt to control the situation, the university posted armed watchmen at the doors of all open washrooms. The beam of a flashlight plays across the glass in the door, but by the time the watchmen walks by the office is empty. For here's a little detail you don't know: the brothers are children of the building's watchman. The fences and barriers, speed bumps and empty watchmen's huts are the trappings of wealth, the buffers of avarice. She immediately turned her attention towards the entrance to find a being that was not the security watchman. Even hostels come with curfews, watchmen, wardens especially when they house girls. The watchman who was working the second shift said he came early to relieve the first. But in the last few weeks I have been talking to Mumbai citizens of less elevated status: office clerks and peons, cabdrivers, shopkeepers, watchmen. For a moment I wondered if he secretly worked night shift as a watchman. Only, there are these boys studying in there, this watchman spending the night in there. The watchman from the previous night caught my eyes and I knew that brushing it off as a simple misunderstanding wasn't a possibility. That was back in 1979, and he made his debut as a scriptwriter for an offbeat movie about ‘a watchman in a graveyard, and his interaction with death’. When no one answered, they broke in and searched the building, only to find a watchman sleeping at his post. Half-seen in a corner of the lobby, three watchmen in greatcoats crouch over a brazier. You see during the night the watchman kind of maybe fell asleep and some raiders stole the carriage. Receiving a look from the watchman the gatekeeper knew the postman felt the same. Police said they were… alarmed by the mysterious disappearance of uniforms belonging to janitors, watchmen and others from local laundries and dry cleaners. Synonyms security guard, security man, guard, custodian, doorman 1.1historical A member of a body of people employed to keep watch in a town at night. 〈史〉巡夜人，值夜人 Example sentencesExamples The watchmen were the forerunners of today's police force. If you stay long enough, you will hear mournful strains from a lone bugle - it is played every hour in memory of the watchman whose trumpeted warning of an invasion was silenced by a Turkish arrow. Additionally all towns of any size employed watchmen, but even in the largest their complement seldom ran to three figures. During the night, watchmen in the town watched lights flicker all over the mountain in the distance. Several of the watchmen came down from the towers to confer with the king and his knights inside the castle. Synonyms guard, watch, sentry, sentinel, night watchman, scout, picket
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