"night watchman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-night watchman.ogg Forms: night watchmen [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|night watchmen}} night watchman (plural night watchmen)
  1. (historical) 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. Tags: historical Translations (a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers): vægter [common-gender] (Danish), nachtwacht [masculine] (Dutch), yövartija (Finnish), Nachtwächter [masculine] (German), næturvörður [masculine] (Icelandic), па́зван (pázvan) [masculine] (Macedonian), па́звант (pázvant) [masculine] (Macedonian), па́звантин (pázvantin) [masculine] (Macedonian), gece bekçisi (Turkish), yatakçı (Turkish)
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  2. A person who guards (usually at a building) at night. Synonyms: nightwatchman Derived forms: night watchman state Translations (person who guards at night): vigilant nocturn [masculine] (Catalan), yövartija (Finnish), Nachtwächter [masculine] (German), Wachmann [masculine] (German), νυχτοφύλακας (nychtofýlakas) [masculine] (Greek), næturvörður [masculine] (Icelandic), па́зван (pázvan) [masculine] (Macedonian), па́звант (pázvant) [masculine] (Macedonian), па́звантин (pázvantin) [masculine] (Macedonian), чу́вар (čúvar) [masculine] (Macedonian), nattvakt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nattvakt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-night_watchman-en-noun-AA1F4LCW Disambiguation of 'person who guards at night': 34 62 4
  3. (cricket) A lower order batter to play the last overs in low light to save better batters for the next day's play. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-night_watchman-en-noun-YNv6e2O9 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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      "roman": "pázvant",
      "sense": "person who guards at night",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́звант"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pázvantin",
      "sense": "person who guards at night",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́звантин"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čúvar",
      "sense": "person who guards at night",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чу́вар"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who guards at night",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nattvakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who guards at night",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nattvakt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "night watchman"
}

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