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night watchman

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
night watch-man
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Prior to police forces, a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers.

noun

A person who guards (usually at a building) at night.

noun

A lower order batter to play the last overs in low light to save better batters for the next day's play.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From night + watchman. Cf. Old English nihtweard. By surface analysis, night + watch + man.

Inflected Forms

night watchmen (plural) nightwatchman (alternative)

Phrases

night watchman state

Questions

What does night watchman mean?
Prior to police forces, a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers.
Where does night watchman come from?
From night + watchman. Cf. Old English nihtweard. By surface analysis, night + watch + man.

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