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

watchman \watch"man\, n.; pl. watchmen.
   1913 webster
   1. one set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a
      sentinel.
      1913 webster

   2. specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of
      a city, by night.
      1913 webster

   watchman beetle zool., 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.
      1913 webster
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watchmen watchman beetle watchman's clock watchman's detector watchman's time detector watchman's rattle 

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