Watch"man (?), n.;
pl. Watchmen (&?;).
1.
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
2. Specifically, one who guards a
building, or the streets of a
city, by night.
Watchman beetle
(Zoöl.), the European dor. -- Watchman's clock, a watchman's detector in which the apparatus for recording the times of visiting several stations is contained within a single clock. -- Watchman's detector, or Watchman's time detector, an apparatus for recording the time when
a watchman visits a station on
his rounds. -- Watchman's rattle, an instrument having at the end of a handle a revolving arm, which, by
the action of a strong spring upon cogs, produces, when in motion, a loud, harsh, rattling sound.
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