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- [nahyt woch]
- /naɪt wɒtʃ/
- /naɪt wɒtʃ/
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- [nahyt woch]
- /naɪt wɒtʃ/
Definition of night-watch word
- noun night-watch a painting (1642) by Rembrandt. 1
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Origin of night-watch
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Night-watch
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
night-watch popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
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