watchmen

noun

Definition of watchmennext
plural of watchman
1
as in custodians
a person or group that watches over someone or something hired a watchman to patrol the factory at night

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as in keepers
a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner a watchman lives next door to scare off prowlers

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  1. custodians
  2. keepers
  3. guardians
  4. caretakers
Noun
  • Centralized exchanges and custodians are likely to be the entities required to put in the most work to ensure MiCA compliance.
    Sean Lee, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Recovered artifacts will be returned to their rightful custodians, the news release said.
    Jordan D. Brown, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of custodians
Noun
  • Tom Butt The East Brother Light Station is looking for the new keepers to start in April 2025, but two weeks of training would start right away.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The film looks tint the life of the soccer star, who is consider one of the top keepers in Polish history thanks to a career spanning spells at Arsenal, Juventus, AS Roma and Barcelona and 84 appearances for the national team.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of keepers
Noun
  • Parents or guardians can complete claim forms for those under 18.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The Orange County School Board will meet Tuesday to discuss the financial impact and logistics of replacing school resource officers, often called SROs, at 30 OCPS schools in those five municipalities with guardians — armed employees provided training by a sheriff’s office.
    Steven Walker, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of guardians
Noun
  • It can be used for emergency services and healthcare, to help caretakers, or to take part in rescue operations.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
  • However, this remained largely ignored as the killings continued in 2019, prompting opponents to file a case against the temple’s caretakers and the government for allegedly violating the ruling.
    Chad de Guzman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of caretakers
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watch out (for)

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