A person or (with singular or plural agreement) group of people engaged in keeping watch during the night.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > one who watches or guards at night (9) night watcha1400 A person or (with singular or plural agreement) group of people engaged in keeping watch during the night. night-watcher1569 A person who keeps watch at night. Jack-o'-lantern1663 A man with a lantern; a nightwatchman. Obsolete. nightwatchman1767 A person employed to keep watch at night; (now) spec. a person employed to guard an empty workplace overnight. vigilante1899 A night-watchman. hack1914 colloquial. Originally: a nightwatchman. Later: a guard; a prison or correction officer; a ‘screw’. watch-night1953 (a) originally a religious service extending over midnight held monthly by Wesleyan Methodists; in later use a service held (by Methodists and… Subcategories:— female (1) — guarding private property (1) |
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