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as in custodian
a person or group that watches over someone or something
hired a watchman to patrol the factory at night
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Recent Examples of watchman
Mount Storm King on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula loomed above the deep blue waters of Lake Crescent, a silent watchman over some of our country’s wildest wilderness.
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Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 17 July 2025
An example: Sip and Polina have been thrown into Ian Mayfair’s home prison (a must for every supernatural villain property), complete with iron bars and a surly watchman, but this turns out to be an extremely minor setback.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Soon watchmen spotted six people with automatic rifles heading towards them in a speed boat.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Bethlehem Steel bought weapons for 50 guards at its Sparrows Point shipyard; local factories and power plants armed their watchmen, too.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
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Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 17 July 2025
An example: Sip and Polina have been thrown into Ian Mayfair’s home prison (a must for every supernatural villain property), complete with iron bars and a surly watchman, but this turns out to be an extremely minor setback.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Soon watchmen spotted six people with automatic rifles heading towards them in a speed boat.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Bethlehem Steel bought weapons for 50 guards at its Sparrows Point shipyard; local factories and power plants armed their watchmen, too.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchman
Noun
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He was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after the custodian reported the attack to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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Cantor Fitzgerald will act as reserve custodian and primary dealer.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the weeks after, a lighthouse keeper reported the ship’s masts breaking the lake surface, and fishermen caught pieces of the vessel in their nets.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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The next week, a lighthouse keeper reported seeing the masts of the King protruding from the water in the shipping lane — an important clue regarding where the King lay hidden.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His father, a former military officer, was imprisoned following the Iranian revolution until his mother was able to negotiate his release with prison guards, according to reporting by the New York Times.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Fever were led by the trio of guard Kelsey Mitchell who contributed 19 points and four assists, forward Natasha Howard (12 points, five rebounds), and forward Aliyah Boston who tallied 15 points and five rebounds.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Downtrodden ultra-nerd janitor Melvin Ferd (Mark Torgl) takes a tumble into a massive vat of nuclear waste and becomes the titular crime-busting monster (Mitch Cohen) — part Superman, part Swamp Thing, completely toxic.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The janitor’s closet at the back of The Barbershop.—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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The men and women who bear the daily burden of this war—the fighters, frontline defenders, and those suffering under occupation—are the true guardians of Ukraine's democratic future.—
Oleksandra Matviichuk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Game wardens responded to the scene and fatally shot the animal, officials said.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, the warden showed up and welcomed them to el infierno—hell.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The artist better known to his international collectors as Móyò, has been evolving the character – a personal archetype, a spiritual sentinel, and a bridge between worlds – for over eight years, exploring his Yoruba ancestry and urban mythology.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The sentinels of conventional wisdom settled on the view that the Iraq invasion was one of the great own goals of American foreign policy, and that its beneficiary was Iran.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Poggi is just the caretaker who’s running the team during Moore’s suspension, which is tied to the NCAA’s ruling in the Connor Stalions impermissible scouting investigation.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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The show followed Fran Fine (Drescher), a trendy Jewish woman who becomes the caretaker for the three children of a Broadway producer (Shaughnessy).—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Watchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchman. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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