watcher
/ˈwɑ.t͡ʃɚ/ noun B2- Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
- A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.
- Someone who keeps vigil.
- A guard. · Near-synonyms: watchman, watchwoman
- A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim. · the Book of Watchers
Plural watchers
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From this convenient retreat, the watchers were being watched and the trackers tracked.
Was he also out in that deluge—the unseen watcher, the man of darkness?
I found the black tor upon which I had seen the solitary watcher, and from its craggy summit I looked out myself across the melancholy downs.
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