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- Middle English · inherited fromwaccheman
- English todaywatchman
From Middle English waccheman. By surface analysis, watch + -man.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
watchman
watch·manToday it means: A man set to watch: a man who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night; (loosely) any such person of any sex or gender. Full definition →
Middle English waccheman