Associations to the word «Watchman»
Adjective
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.