"watcher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɒt͡ʃ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɑ.t͡ʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈwɔt͡ʃ.ə/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-watcher.wav [Southern-England] Forms: watchers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒt͡ʃə(ɹ), -ɑt͡ʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English wacchere, wachere, wacher, equivalent to watch + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wacchere}} Middle English wacchere, {{m|enm|wachere}} wachere, {{m|enm|wacher}} wacher, {{suf|en|watch|er|id2=agent noun}} watch + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} watcher (plural watchers)
  1. Someone who watches or observes.
    (chiefly as the final element in compounds) Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
    Sense id: en-watcher-en-noun-R4l72aCN
  2. Someone who watches or observes.
    (US politics) A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.
    Tags: US Categories (topical): US politics
    Sense id: en-watcher-en-noun-xxK5k9VJ Topics: government, politics
  3. Someone who keeps vigil. Translations (someone who keeps vigil): σκοπός (skopós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), пазач (pazač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vartija (Finnish), valvoja (Finnish), vigilante [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-watcher-en-noun-R97l4y9D Disambiguation of 'someone who keeps vigil': 9 9 75 0 8
  4. A guard.
    Sense id: en-watcher-en-noun-Vmn12syD
  5. (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. Tags: Judaism, historical Categories (topical): Christianity, Judaism Translations (kind of angel): wachter [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-watcher-en-noun-7KTrD9GN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 29 5 1 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 11 28 11 3 48 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'kind of angel': 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: binge-watcher, bird watcher, chef watcher, China watcher, clock-watcher, clock watcher, firewatcher, hate-watcher, weight-watcher, whale watcher Translations (someone who watches or observes): σκοπός (skopós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), наблюдател (nabljudatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), katsoja (Finnish), tarkkailija (Finnish), obserwator [masculine] (Polish), obserwatorka [feminine] (Polish), widz [masculine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'someone who watches or observes': 46 46 6 0 3

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who keeps vigil",
      "word": "valvoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "skopós",
      "sense": "someone who keeps vigil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σκοπός"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who keeps vigil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vigilante"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "kind of angel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wachter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "watcher"
}

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