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watchperson

watchperson noun: one set to watch.

Noun

watchperson (plural watchpersons or watchpeople)

  1. One set to watch.
    • The Marxists had called a strike to demand withdrawal of police and industrial security forces who had replaced regular watchpeople at the state-owned steel plant.1970 September 26, Renee Blakkan, compiler, “World in Revolution”, in Guardian: Independent Radical Newsweekly, volume 22, number 48, New York, N.Y.: Weekly Guardian Associates, Inc., →ISSN, page 10
    • If we consider it an opportunity, we can try to devise ways of breaking into speech departments with well-trained linguists who will serve as watchpersons against a sudden laying-on-of-hands.1974, Roger W[ellington] Shuy, “Breaking into and out of linguistics”, in Francis P[atrick] Dinneen, editor, Linguistics: Teaching and Interdisciplinary Relations (Georgetown University Round Table...
    Synonyms:
    watcher

Synonyms of watchperson

Forms of watchperson

pluralwatchpersons
pluralwatchpeople

Origin of watchperson

From watch + -person.

Questions about watchperson

What does watchperson mean?
Watchperson means one set to watch.
What part of speech is watchperson?
Watchperson is a noun.
What is the plural of watchperson?
The plural of watchperson is watchpersons.

Words near watchperson in the dictionary

  1. watchoo
  2. Watchorn
  3. watchout
  4. watchouts
  5. watchpeople
  6. watchperson
  7. watchpersons
  8. watchphone
  9. watchphones
  10. watchpocket
  11. watchpockets

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