Thesaurus results for WATCHMAN

watchman

noun

ˈwäch-mən

Definition of watchman

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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as in keeper

a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner a watchman lives next door to scare off prowlers

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Recent Examples of watchman Francis Ford Coppola meditates on the question of who is watching the watchmen in The Conversation, a neo-noir mystery thriller about the human side of surveillance. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026 Nearly 1,400 votes were cast for Elgin High School’s new mascot, with 558 for a lion, 421 for watchmen/timekeepers and 417 for a fox, according to information provided by Principal Avelira Rodriguez Gonzalez. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2026 Ideas like reparative journalism and sousveillance — an antonym for surveillance, concerning watching the watchmen in a reversal of power — earn fleeting mentions, but are never the focus of actual inquiry. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026 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. — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for watchman

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Noun

The suspect, a 15-year-old former student, attacked the school's principal, a custodian and a teacher with a sharp object.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Undeath have signed with those custodians of heavy music over at Relapse and debuted a new song for the label.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of custodian

Noun

The following month, the league approved the Dream’s sale to an ownership group comprising Larry Gottesdiener, Suzanne Abair and former Dream guard Renee Montgomery.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Key injury to Jonah Savaiinaea Right guard Jonah Savaiinaea suffered an ankle injury in the second quarter.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

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Investigators believe Roberts tried to enlist the help of a school janitor to get rid of Russell’s car, penning a note and leaving it hidden inside a cabinet at Linda Lentin K-8 Center in North Miami, where Roberts was working at the time.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Shares of Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, whose janitors clean 2 billion square feet of commercial property every day, have been written down to nothing.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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Judge Stephanie Santoro granted Klitschko’s request, appointing him temporary guardian of his daughter’s estate and authorizing him to file a probate petition on her behalf.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
Every child under 18 with a Social Security number has an account in their name, but parents or guardians must claim the account on an app to receive a one-time deposit of $1,000.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of guardian

Noun

Hosfelt was among nine staff members, including the former warden, arrested in June 2024 and charged with felonies in connection with deaths at the prison.

— Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Luckily — or maybe unluckily — the camp’s warden, a hardbitten guy with an oily smile named Clancy (Russell Crowe, hardbitten, smiley, and oily), takes a liking to Murphy.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of warden

Noun

The program finally comes to an end For more than 55 years, at least a handful of these satellites have been flying as silent sentinels—until last month.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
My sentinel, dressed in a sharp black suit, his frigid blue eyes taut with grief.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of sentinel

Noun

Police said a 37-year-old woman who worked as a caretaker died in the Thursday morning attack at the school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, northeast of Warsaw.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Her two children were both addicted to opioids; DeWees had been the primary caretaker for seven of her grandchildren, and legally adopted three of them.

— Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026

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