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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
Stingley died the same year as Trayvon Martin, a Black Florida teen shot to death by a neighborhood volunteer watchman, who was acquitted in 2013.
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Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2026
Désir explained the various Gede spirits, like Baron Samedi, the spirit that takes souls to the afterlife and Brav Gede the watchman of the graveyard.
—Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
The old man of the night, the watchman not yet in bed.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Here was another young Black person, a 17-year-old heading back from the convenience store, who had been deemed a threat, shot, and killed by a neighborhood watchman.
—Noelle Swan, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2025
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Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2026
Désir explained the various Gede spirits, like Baron Samedi, the spirit that takes souls to the afterlife and Brav Gede the watchman of the graveyard.
—Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
The old man of the night, the watchman not yet in bed.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Here was another young Black person, a 17-year-old heading back from the convenience store, who had been deemed a threat, shot, and killed by a neighborhood watchman.
—Noelle Swan, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchman
Noun
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The forgers of the future have become custodians of an optimistic past.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
4 June 2026
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Institutions still need clearinghouses, custodians, reporting systems, market surveillance, and legal accountability.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Goalkeeper Mike Penders, who spent last season on loan at Strasbourg, will be in contention to be the first-choice keeper, along with Robert Sanchez.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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And that activism – being a brother’s keeper – was evident in his personal life as well.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Liveried guards greet you at the grand entrance and breeze through ‘hello’ in any number of languages.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The Illini have the nation’s best backup big in Zvonimir Ivisic and need to hit on just one or two of their four freshman guards to round out the rotation.—
CJ Moore
June 2,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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In 1952, the Sherskys closed Three Feathers and Q was left roaming Knoxville, selling to schoolteachers, promoters, and even janitors.—
Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
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Software developers, accountants, and management consultants sit at the top of both rankings; electricians, janitors, and construction laborers sit at the bottom.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Due to safety concerns, the age restriction for overwater villa stays is 13 and up, though parents or guardians can sign a waiver upon booking.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Their protagonists tend to be runaways—men who join whaling expeditions in their haste to dodge the malaise that sets in on shore, boys who board rafts floating down the Mississippi to evade their guardians and their chores.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Several of the incidents occurred in residential neighborhoods, where wardens recovered crossbow bolts from front yards and porches, the release said.—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
22 May 2026
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The juvenile bear’s wander across campus late Thursday and early Friday prompted an advisory to students and a search by UC Davis police and wardens from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as well as Yolo County Animal Control.—
Allison Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Of all of them, the sentinel suites are undoubtedly one of my favorite places in the world.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Corkie putting the snake into the tub looks like the sentinels or the wire going into people’s pods.—
Nick Newman,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Nothing has been touched since the artist’s death in 2009 except for dust removed by a neighbor and caretaker.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Long-term care insurance will help pay for an in-home caretaker (of which family and friends may be eligible) or offset the costs associated with external facilities.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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“Watchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchman. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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