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night watch

noun

  1. a watch or guard kept during the night.
  2. a person or the persons keeping such a watch.
  3. Usually night watches. the periods or divisions into which the night was divided in ancient times.


night watch

noun

  1. a watch or guard kept at night, esp for security
  2. the period of time the watch is kept
  3. a person who keeps such a watch; night watchman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • night watching noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of night watch1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English
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Example Sentences

Since that night-watch at Pine Tree Ranch, he had been a different man.

The herald, as usual, constituted himself a night-watch, and perched upon the newly made mound.

Hildebrand has the watch on the tower—a heavy-headed knave, who holds a can of ale to be the best headpiece upon a night-watch.

It was, however, a serious matter for us that we were deprived of our night-watch in districts where we had most need of them.

The sailor, in his lonely night-watch, looks homeward, and well known voices come to him amidst the roar of the waves.

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