English-Thai Dictionary

watchman

N ยาม  ผู้เฝ้าดู  ยาม รักษาการณ์  guard patrol sentinel yam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WATCHMAN

n.[watch and man. ] A sentinel; a guard.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WATCHMAN

Watch "man, n.; pl. Watchmen (.

 

1. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.

 

2. Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night. Watchman beetle (Zoöl.), the European dor. -- Watchman's clock, a watchman's detector in which the apparatus for recording the times of visiting several stations is contained within a single clock. -- Watchman's detector, or Watchman's time detector, an apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a station on his rounds. -- Watchman's rattle, an instrument having at the end of a handle a revolving arm, which, by the action of a strong spring upon cogs, produces, when in motion, a loud, harsh, rattling sound.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

watchman

watch man |ˈwäCHmən ˈwɑtʃmən ˈwɔtʃmən | ▶noun ( pl. watchmen ) a man employed to look after an empty building, esp. at night. • historical a member of a body of people employed to keep watch in a town at night.

 

Oxford Dictionary

watchman

watch |man |ˈwɒtʃmən | ▶noun ( pl. watchmen ) a man employed to look after an empty building, especially at night. • historical a member of a body of people employed to keep watch in a town at night.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

watchman

watchman noun the morning watchman comes on duty at half past five: security guard, custodian, warden; sentry, guard, patrolman, lookout, sentinel, scout, watch.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

watchman

watchman noun a night watchman: security guard, security man, guard, custodian, doorman; caretaker, janitor, superintendent, warden, steward, curator.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

watchman

w á tch man 名詞 複 -men C ｟やや古 ｠警備員, ガードマン, 見張り人 (｟男女共用 ｠(security ) guard ).