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n. - A close observer; A person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body;

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  • My Mom, an avid (slightly obsessive?) bird watcher is turning 60 tomorrow!
  • The market watcher is looking for tablet unit sales to total around 54.8 million next year and top 208 million in 2014.
  • The average clock-watcher is just that – AVERAGE – always knows exactly when to start packing it up so they can get out on time.
  • At a little distance from the watcher was a clump of trees.
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