watchwoman

noun watchwoman

• lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
• guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
• keeper — a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate.
• sentinel — a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
• sentry — a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.