WATCHMAN

Watchman

Watchmen were groups of men, usually authorised by a state, government, or society, to deter criminal activity and provide law enforcement. Watchmen have existed in various guises throughout the world and were generally succeeded by the emergence of formally organised policing.

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watchman

Noun

  1. A guard who keeps watch


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