watchman

A man who is employed to stand guard or keep watch.

A person set to keep watch; specifically, a sentinel; a guard; one who guards the streets of a city by night; also, one set to keep guard, as over a building in the night, to protect it from fire or thieves.

One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.

Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.

the European dor.

a watchman’s detector in which the apparatus for recording the times of visiting several stations is contained within a single clock.

an apparatus for recording the time when a watchman visits a station on his rounds.

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.

A guard who keeps watch