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night watchman

night watch·man
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nahyt woch-muh n]
    • /naɪt ˈwɒtʃ mən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nahyt woch-muh n]
    • /naɪt ˈwɒtʃ mən/

Definitions of night watchman words

  • noun night watchman watchman. 1
  • noun night watchman Cricket. a batsman who is sent in to bat just before the end of a day's play and continues his innings on the next day of play. 1
  • noun night watchman male: guards property at night 1
  • countable noun night watchman A night watchman is a person whose job is to guard buildings at night. 0
  • noun night watchman someone who keeps a watch or guard at night, esp for security 0
  • noun night watchman a watchman hired for duty at night 0
See all 6 definitions of night watchman

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Origin of night watchman

First appearance:

before 1860
One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65

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Parts of speech for Night watchman

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Night watchman

night watchman popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for night watchman

noun night watchman

  • custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
  • janitor — a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
  • watchman — a person who keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves.
All 3 Synonyms of night watchman

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