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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
The Forest Preserves of Cook County purchased the property in 1921, and the house served as a watchman’s residence until 2015, then sat unused.
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Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
View gallery - 5 images Who watches the watchmen and who spies on the spy satellites?
—David Szondy
august 07, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2025
These new rules were finalized over the summer; college sports is now in its first recruiting cycle where there will be a new watchmen over the money, the CSC (College Sports Commission).
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2025
Mount Storm King on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula loomed above the deep blue waters of Lake Crescent, a silent watchman over some of our country’s wildest wilderness.
—Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 17 July 2025
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Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
View gallery - 5 images Who watches the watchmen and who spies on the spy satellites?
—David Szondy
august 07, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2025
These new rules were finalized over the summer; college sports is now in its first recruiting cycle where there will be a new watchmen over the money, the CSC (College Sports Commission).
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2025
Mount Storm King on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula loomed above the deep blue waters of Lake Crescent, a silent watchman over some of our country’s wildest wilderness.
—Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchman
Noun
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Athletic coaches, people responding to emergencies, people supervising inmates, custodians, and people helping children who need bathroom assistance get a pass.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States spent years — and billions of dollars through the Nunn-Lugar program — scrambling to secure biological, chemical, and nuclear stockpiles that suddenly had no reliable custodian.—
Ashish K. Jha,
STAT,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Neither keeper faced a shot on goal in a scoreless first half.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Dante Sealy put a dangerous corner into the box, then SKC keeper John Pulskamp unconvincingly parried it off the crossbar and down to a thankful Frederick, who cleaned up for an easy one.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Furthermore, the complex is set to go back on the market, a pending sale that caught tenants off guard.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Witten Van Hoy, Wesley Harvey and Samir Camacho all stood out physically and will have a chance to compete with some older veterans like transfer guards Jaheim Buchanon and Noah McKinney.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Columbia students, along with outside agitators, broke into an academic building and temporarily detained the janitors inside.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Plucken, a 35-year-old janitor in Cologne, Germany, can only afford to put 20 euros of gas into his car at a time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Children under 13 can’t create an account without a guardian.—
Amy Thomson,
Bloomberg,
25 Mar. 2026
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If a student is caught with a device anytime after, it will be confiscated until their parent or guardian can pick it up.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Armas said the prison wardens never switched off the lights.—
Manuel Rueda,
NPR,
20 Mar. 2026
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Creators Christy Karacas, Stephen Warbrick, and Ben Gruber eke out delightful character work along the way, like when Jared, bruised by the warden’s disdain for his pitches to improve the prison, takes over for an episode by pulling a Weekend at Bernie’s after the warden hits his head.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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Above the Agency house, a hundred yards away, Fort King’s sentinels scanned the area.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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Academic medical center sentinel networks.—
Robert B. Shpiner,
STAT,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hsu, the owner of the property being landscaped, a vacation rental, said Burke is a caretaker for an adjacent property and lives on the parcel.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Terra Linda residence was unoccupied early Thursday morning when a caretaker with access to the surveillance feed noticed an intruder, police Sgt.—
Gary Klien,
Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Watchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchman. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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