Definition of "watchkeepers" [watchkeepers]

• Plural form of watchkeeper. (noun)

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• "Cadfael thought suspiciously of devout watchkeepers who fell asleep as comfortably as possible on their folded arms, but at the moment that was of no importance."
• "The watchkeepers exchanged mutual condolences on the exasperating tactics of drift-net trawlers, notes on atmospheric conditions prevalent in the North Sea, methods of removing nocturnal cocoa-stains from the more vital portions of a chart, and other matters of interest to watchkeepers."
• "The watchkeepers asleep on the settee stirred in their sleep, frowned, and sank again into fathomless oblivion."