Associations to the word «Watchman»

Wiktionary

WATCHMAN, noun. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.

Dictionary definition

WATCHMAN, noun. A guard who keeps watch.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats