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watchman 音标拼音: [w'ɑtʃmən] n. 巡夜者,看守人 巡夜者,看守人 watchman n 1: a guard who keeps watch [ synonym: { watchman}, { watcher}, { security guard}] 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] 24 Moby Thesaurus words for " watchman": Argus, Charley, airplane spotter, fire patrolman, fire warden, fireguard, forward observer, lookout, lookout man, night watchman, patrol, patroller, patrolman, picket, roundsman, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, vedette, ward, watch, watcher, watchkeeperWATCHMAN. An officer in many cities and towns, whose duty it is to watch during the night and take care of the property of the inhabitants. 2. He possesses generally the common law authority of a constable ( q. v.) to make arrests, where there is reasonable ground to suspect a felony, though there is no proof of a felony having been committed. 1 Chit. Cr. L. 24; 2 Hale, 96; Hawk. B. 2, c. 13, s. 1, & c.; 1 East, P. C. 303; 2 Inst. 52; Com. Dig. Imprisonment, H 4; Dane' s Ab. Index, h. t.; 3 Taunt. R. 14; 1 B. & A. 227; Peake, R. 89; 1 Moody' s Cr. Cas. 334; 1 Esp. R. 294; and vide Peace. 3. By an act of congress, approved Sept. 30, 1850, the compensation of watchmen in the various departments of government, shall be five hundred dollars per annum.
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