watcher
Americannoun
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an analytic observer of trends, fashions, events, celebrities, or the like.
Fashion watchers will have noted that pleats have become popular again.
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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.
noun
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a person who watches
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a person who maintains a vigil at the bedside of an invalid
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a representative of a candidate or party stationed at a poll on election day to watch out for fraud
Other Word Forms
- underwatcher noun
Etymology
Origin of watcher
Example Sentences
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But Mike O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading and a noted Buffett watcher, said he’s not worried.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Staring into the camera, they lock eyes with us, powerfully blurring the line between watcher and watched and reminding us that today the surveillance state is more powerful—and expansive—than it was then.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
From her home in Belfast, Steph's a regular watcher of the bar's stream, known for its karaoke.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
But what’s even more critical, and far harder to manufacture, is the form of the program: the pacing, the visual construction, and the way the watcher experiences whatever they happen to be watching.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
Miss Ellis was looking at the two of them like a bird watcher onto a rare species.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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