watcher

English

Etymology

From Middle English wacchere, wachere, wacher, equivalent to watch +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒt͡ʃ.ə/

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  • Rhymes: -ɒt͡ʃə(ɹ)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.t͡ʃɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑt͡ʃə(ɹ)
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔt͡ʃ.ə/
• Hyphenation: watch‧er

Noun

watcher (plural watchers)

1. Someone who watches or observes.
   1. (chiefly as the final element in compounds) Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
   2. (US politics) A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.
2. Someone who keeps vigil.
3. A guard.
4. (chiefly historical, Judaism, Christianity) A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.

   the Book of Watchers

Derived terms

• firewatcher
• weight-watcher

Translations

someone who watches or observes

• Bulgarian: наблюдател (bg) m (nabljudatel)
• Finnish: katsoja (fi); tarkkailija (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σκοπός m (skopós)

• Polish: obserwator (pl) m, obserwatorka (pl) f, widz (pl) m

someone who keeps vigil

• Bulgarian: пазач (bg) m (pazač)
• Finnish: vartija (fi), valvoja (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σκοπός m (skopós)

• Spanish: vigilante (es) m

guard — see guard

kind of angel

• Dutch: wachter (nl) m

Anagrams

• Carthew, Wachter, rewatch