English
Etymology
From Middle English waccheman, equivalent to watch + -man.
Noun
watchman (plural watchmen)
- One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
Derived terms
Translations
guard
- Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic: حارس m (ḥāris)
- Aromanian: avigljitor m
- Bashkir: һаҡсы (haqsı)
- Catalan: guaita (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 看守者 (zh) (kānshǒuzhě)
- Czech: hlídač (cs) m
- Danish: vagt c, nattevagt (da) c (night watch), vægter c (historical, in market towns)
- Egyptian: (wršy)
- Finnish: vartija (fi)
- French: guetteur (fr) m, sentinelle (fr) f
- Old French: gaite m
- German: Wächter (de) m
- Hungarian: őrszem (hu)
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- Irish: seiceadóir m
- Italian: guardiano (it), sorvegliante (it)
- Japanese: 警備員 (ja) (けいびいん, keibiin), ウォッチマン (wotchiman)
- Latin: custos m, vigil (la) m, excubitor m
- Maori: kaimataara
- Navajo: haʼasídí
- Occitan: gacha f, gach m, gaita f, gait m, sentinèla f
- Portuguese: vigia (pt) m or f
- Romanian: paznic (ro) m, străjer (ro) m, păzitor (ro) m, gardian (ro) m
- Russian: сто́рож (ru) m (stórož), охра́нник (ru) m (oxránnik)
- Swahili: mlinzi (sw), mabawabu (sw)
- Taos: xína
- Turkish: bekçi (tr), nöbetçi (tr), gözetmen (tr), gardiyan (tr)
- Welsh: gwyliwr m
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