Definition of watcher Watcher

/wɑˈʧɚ/ - [wacher] - watch•er

We found 8 definitions of watcher from 4 different sources.

What does watcher mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: watchers
watcher - a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
watcher - 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"
		spectator, witness, viewer, looker
		beholder, perceiver, percipient, observer a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
		browser a program used to view HTML documents
		bystander a nonparticipant spectator
		cheerer a spectator who shouts encouragement
		eyewitness a spectator who can describe what happened
		gawker a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness
		motion-picture fan, moviegoer someone who goes to see movies
		ogler a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person
		looker-on, onlooker someone who looks on
		playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer someone who attends the theater
		rubbernecker, rubberneck a person who stares inquisitively
		spy (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
		starer a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility)
watcher - a guard who keeps watch
		watchman, security guard
		guard a position on a basketball team
		private security force, security force a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry
		bank guard a security guard at a bank
		fire watcher (during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air
		lookout man, sentinel, sentry, lookout, scout, spotter, picket, watch the act of looking out
		night watchman a watchman who works during the night
		patroller someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area