watcher

[woch-er]

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.

ˈwatcher

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• underwatcher noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of watcher¹

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

Example Sentences

"You are not the artist you are the watcher," she wrote.

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For Tesla watchers, not much new ground was covered.

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David Bergman, a journalist and a long-time Bangladesh watcher, said the "very nature of the conviction could make it even more difficult" for Awami League to become a normal feature of Bangladeshi politics again.

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For news watchers, there was really only one thing worth talking about this entire week.

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Singapore watchers will be focused on several key data releases that will offer a clearer picture of how the economy is holding up.

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Related Words

• onlooker