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Dictionary: watch·er   (wŏch'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One that watches or observes: a fire watcher; a watcher of Sino-American relations.
  2. One who keeps vigil, as at a sick person's bedside.

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noun

  1. Someone who observes: beholder, bystander, looker-on, observer, onlooker, spectator. See awareness/unawareness, see/not see.
  2. An agent assigned to observe and report on another: shadow. Informal tail. See investigate.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
  Synonyms: spectator, witness, viewer, looker

Meaning #2: a guard who keeps watch
  Synonyms: watchman, security guard

Meaning #3: a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body


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Watcher may refer to:

In print:

  • Watcher (comics), an extraterrestrial species who watches the universe in Marvel Comics
  • The Watcher (1851 novel), an 1851 novel written by Sheridan Le Fanu
  • The Watcher (1981 novel), a 1981 novel written by Kay Nolte Smith
  • Watchers (novel), a 1987 novel written by Dean Koontz
  • Watcher in the Water, a creature from J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy book series The Lord of the Rings
  • The Watcher (angel) or Grigori, a class of fallen angels in Biblical apocrypha

In television, film and radio:

  • The Watcher (TV series), a 1995 UPN TV series starring Sir Mix-a-Lot
  • The Watcher (film), a 2000 film directed by Joe Charbanic
  • "Watchers" (radio), a 2001 adaptation of H. G. Wells' story The Crystal Egg, produced by the Radio Tales series for NPR
  • Watcher (Buffyverse), a member of the Watcher's Council in the Buffy and Angel television series
  • Watcher (Highlander), a secret organization that watches the Immortals in the Highlander series
  • Watchers (1988 film), a 1988 film directed by Jon Hess based on the novel by Koontz
  • Watcher (Doctor Who), a character in the 1981 Logopolis serial of the television series Doctor Who

In music:

  • "The Watcher", a song by Enslaved from their 2008 album Vertebrae
  • "The Watcher", a song by Hawkwind from their 1972 album Doremi Fasol Latido
  • "The Watcher", a song by Dr. Dre on his 1999 album The Chronic 2001
  • "The Watcher 2", a song by Jay-Z featuring Dr. Dre, Truth Hurts and Rakim
  • "The Watcher of the Skies", a song by Genesis on their 1972 album Foxtrot

Other:

  • Watcher (presence), a subscriber for presence information
  • Bahl'al, one of the six Fallen Lords of the computer game series Myth

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