Watcher

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Watcher \Watch"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
     One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent
     observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during
     the night.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  watcher
       n 1: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an
            exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the
            performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers
            discovered a new star" [syn: {spectator}, {witness}, {viewer},
             {looker}]
       2: a guard who keeps watch [syn: {watchman}, {security guard}]
       3: a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a
          dead body

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "watcher":
     Argus, Charley, TV-viewer, airplane spotter, beholder,
     bird-watcher, bystander, drugstore cowboy, eyewitness,
     fire patrolman, fire warden, fireguard, forward observer, gaper,
     gazer, gazer-on, girl-watcher, goggler, kibitzer, looker,
     looker-on, lookout, lookout man, night watchman, observer, ogler,
     onlooker, patrol, patroller, patrolman, perceiver, percipient,
     picket, roundsman, scout, seer, sentinel, sentry,
     sidewalk superintendent, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix,
     spotter, televiewer, television-viewer, vedette, video-gazer,
     viewer, watch, watchkeeper, watchman, witness