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night watch
noun
- a watch or guard kept during the night.
- a person or the persons keeping such a watch.
- Usually night watches. the periods or divisions into which the night was divided in ancient times.
night watch
noun
- a watch or guard kept at night, esp for security
- the period of time the watch is kept
- a person who keeps such a watch; night watchman
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- night watching 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.
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The herald, as usual, constituted himself a night-watch, and perched upon the newly made mound.
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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.
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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.
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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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