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nightwatchman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables
night-watch-man
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who guards a premises at night.

noun

A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day's play (when light is poor), in order to protect better batsmen.

Etymology

From night + watchman.

Inflected Forms

nightwatchmen (plural) night watchman (alternative)

Questions

What does nightwatchman mean?
Someone who guards a premises at night.
Where does nightwatchman come from?
From night + watchman.

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