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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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In order to receive the tax advantages of a gold IRA, the IRS requires your precious metals to be held by a qualified custodian.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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The college currently consists of 11 officers of arms, who undertake the genealogical research and act as custodians of the records.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
Noun
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The keeper could do nothing but flail and then turn and scream in frustration at his defense’s failings at the crucial moment.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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In early modernity, women were the keepers of this obsessive temporality of attention—of the current of time that flows beneath event, beneath change.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Along with Plum’s foul trouble, starting point guard Erica Wheeler finished with five fouls.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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The 20 hours of financial and maintenance training are designed to make sure new homeowners can handle the long-term costs of ownership — property taxes, repairs, insurance — that often catch first-time buyers off guard.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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In the report, the student said Looney was walking to lunch at the school on March 3, 2025, when Looney asked for their social media contact information from the janitor’s closet, the statement said.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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That means someone can get hired by UCHealth as a janitor, for example, then eventually become a nurse after enrolling in the system’s training program — at no cost.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Day had been assigned as King's legal guardian after his grandmother had a stroke, and he was later placed with the Department of Human Services after Day gave him up.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Bewildered by the change, Emily scrambles to restore their bond, implausibly teaching herself piano in a bid to impress her guardian.—
Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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His dad’s old cop buddy (Peter Outerbridge) just happens to be David’s prison warden.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 June 2026
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The photo pushes David—who has maintained his innocence all along—to escape from prison with the help of Philip Mackenzie (Peter Outerbridge), the prison warden and a longtime friend of his father who believes him, and Mackenzie’s son Adam (Jonathan Tucker), a police sargeant.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
18 June 2026
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Dozens of health organizations and research groups have formed an independent surveillance network to track the presence of dangerous pathogens in community wastewater—a sentinel for potential outbreaks.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
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Here and there, fire, wind, and flood would have broken the forest into a mosaic of old and new, grass and forest, shrubs and sentinels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Eventually, Lai Mah became the caretaker of Susan’s entire wardrobe.—
Stephy Chung,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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These affairs offer up, for fondling, the entirety of a home’s viscera upon the death of its caretaker.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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“Watchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchman. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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