surveillant

[ser-vey-luhnt, -veyl-yuhnt]

adjective

1. exercising surveillance.

noun

1. a person who exercises surveillance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of surveillant¹

1810–20; < French, present participle of surveiller ( surveillance, -ant )

Example Sentences

"There's a particular ire reserved for women like Perry: ambitious, unapologetic, hyper-visible," she wrote in a column, noting that male celebrities have already gone into space without such surveillant reaction.

Read more on BBC

The strongest, tautest story in the collection is “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak,” again told in second person, this time from the perspective of a government surveillant.

Read more on New York Times

The movie is all tableaux — pacific, surveillant, surreal.

Read more on New York Times

The consequences of that world for the surveillant as well as the surveilled is a lesson for this day and age for sure.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Cédric, un surveillant, a prodigué les premiers soins à ses collègues hier en attendant l’unité sanitaire.

Read more on BBC

Related Words

• matron