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overwatcher

overwatcher noun: one who watches over; a supervisor.

Noun (1)

overwatcher (plural overwatchers)

  1. One who watches over; a supervisor.

Noun (2) capitalized: Overwatcher

Overwatcher (plural Overwatchers)

  1. A player of the Overwatch series of multiplayer first-person shooter video games.
    • The latest hint reveals that Overwatchers are way off-base.2016 August 10, Andy Chalk, “The Overwatch ARG takes a new direction as the search for Sombra continues”, in PC Gamer, Bath, Somerset: Future plc, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2016
    • Only then, she was struck with an idea. What if peace broke out in the game world? She organized her fellow Overwatchers so that everyone would stop shooting, wave hello at all the other combatants, and sit in what she called, “a support circle.” Her theory was that if everyone did that, the other...2017 February, Bill Burke, “Dad on Board: That time when peace broke out: Even when my daughter rebels, it is on her own terms”, in Melanie Hitchcock, editor, Parenting New Hampshire, Manchester...

Forms of overwatcher

pluraloverwatchers
pluralOverwatchers

Origin of overwatcher

From Overwatch + -er.

Questions about overwatcher

What does overwatcher mean?
Overwatcher means one who watches over; a supervisor.
What part of speech is overwatcher?
Overwatcher is a noun.
What is the plural of overwatcher?
The plural of overwatcher is overwatchers.

Words near overwatcher in the dictionary

  1. overwashing
  2. overwasted
  3. overwatch
  4. overwatch'd
  5. overwatched
  6. overwatcher
  7. overwatchers
  8. overwatches
  9. overwatching
  10. overwater
  11. overwatered

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