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watcher

/ˈwɒtʃə/WAH-chur
/ˈwɑtʃɚ/WAH-chur

Meaninga person or thing that watches

Common meaning: a person or thing that watches (inferred)

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishweccesource
  2. Middle Englishwacchesource
  3. Englishwatch‘to look at attentively’
  4. Englishformed in English from watchwatcher‘a person or thing that watches (inferred)’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: a person or thing that watches. It can be inferred from any of: watch.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from watch + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • wecce Old English · source word “a wake, a keeping awake”

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