watcher

American  

[woch-er] / ˈwɒtʃ ər /

noun

1. a person who watches or who keeps watch.

2. an analytic observer of trends, fashions, events, celebrities, or the like.

   Fashion watchers will have noted that pleats have become popular again.

3. a professional or experienced observer and analyst of political and historic trends and events, countries, or the like.

   China watchers in the State Department predict a change in that country's trade policy.

4. poll watcher.

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ˈwatcher British  

/ ˈwɒtʃə /

noun

1. a person who watches

2. a person who maintains a vigil at the bedside of an invalid

3. a representative of a candidate or party stationed at a poll on election day to watch out for fraud

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Other Word Forms

• underwatcher noun

Etymology

Origin of watcher

First recorded in 1500–10; watch + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The concentrated nature of the bets, in a brand-new account, when there was little public news pointing specifically to an imminent ouster of Maduro are all potential indicators of an insider, longtime Polymarket watchers said.

From The Wall Street Journal

But most Venezuela watchers had expected the immediate aftermath of a US intervention to look differently.

From BBC

While politics watchers and the media will be across all the planned changes, making sure voters are aware will be a "big challenge", according to election campaigners.

From BBC

The tour boat takes bird watchers from Cape Town to see endangered seabirds, including albatrosses, that are hard to find on the mainland.

From BBC

Nestlé watchers said the new CEO and chairman represent a step forward, after fiefs built up over the years around an elite cadre of managers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• onlooker