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Definition: WATCH AND WARD |
WATCH AND WARD1. (Law), the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Care | Watchfulness; Adjective: vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre. |
Verb: be careful; Adjective: reck; take care; (be cautious); pay attention to; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after; keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize, play gooseberry; keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in sight, keep in view; mind, mind one's business. | |
Keeper | Noun: keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar, durwan, hayward; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper. |
Warning | Watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse; (indication of locality). sentinel, sentry; watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout. |
Beware, ware; take warning, take heed at one's peril; keep watch and ward; (care). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: WATCH AND WARD |
| English words defined with "WATCH AND WARD": Castle-guard ♦ Ward-corn. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "WATCH AND WARD": Hundred-handed ♦ Ward Money, Ward-penny. (references) |
Expression using "WATCH AND WARD": keep watch and ward. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "WATCH AND WARD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Romanian | veghea (keep watch, keep watch and ward, stay up, tend, wake, watch). (various references) | |
Russian | неусыпная бдительность. (various references) | |
Turkish | nöbet tutmak (be on guard duty, guard, keep cave, keep guard, keep vigil, keep watch and ward, mount guard, watch). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-d-d-h-n-r-t-w-w" | |
-4 letters: handcart. | |
-5 letters: crawdad, handcar. | |
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