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A security guard or private watchman who monitors the surroundings of a home or neighborhood to ensure safety (the term is a phonetic adaptation of the English word watchman).
Tell the Guachimán not to let anyone in without showing their ID.
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A security guard or night watchman. The term is a phonetic adaptation of the English word watchman, referring to someone who keeps watch over a property (Private security guards are a common fixture in Dominican neighborhoods and businesses).
Guachiman, what Dominican doesn't know what a guachiman is?
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A security guard, watchman, or caretaker. (This term is a phonetic adaptation of the English word watchman).
Talk to the guachiman outside. I have a guachiman at the door.
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A term derived from the English watchman that refers to security guards or night watchmen (it is commonly used for private security guards assigned to residential areas or businesses).
He works as a Guachimán on weekends. | You have to be brave to be a Guachimán.
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A private security guard. The term is a phonetic adaptation of the English word watchman (Dominican Watchman was the first company to offer private security in the country). They are also colloquially called a guachi.
There is a guachimán working security in front of the bank.
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A security guard who falls asleep on the job and accidentally fires his gun, usually hitting a stray dog in the middle of the street. (Derived from the English word watchman, it refers to private security guards who are often stereotyped as poorly trained or unprofessional.)
Wake up, guachiman! You are seriously sleeping on the job?
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