Watson

Proper noun

 * 1) A northern English and Scottish patronymic surname derived from Wat
 * 2) Doctor Watson, fictional character in, and narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories
 * 3) Any character who performs as catalyst for the protagonist detective's mental processes in a mystery story; a consciousness that's privy to facts in the case without being in on the conclusions drawn from them until the proper time. After William L. DeAndrea, discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
 * 4) James D. Watson co-discoverer of the structure of DNA