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Definition of Night watchman
1. Noun. A watchman who works during the night.
Definition of Night watchman
1. Noun. (obsolete) 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. ¹
2. Noun. A person who guards (usually at a building) at night. ¹
3. Noun. (cricket) The last batsman in a three or five day game to play on a particular day and thus carry over the batting to the following day. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Watchman
Literary usage of Night watchman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Mazingo was defendant's night watchman when the arrest was made, and bad no
warrant; he was not acting as policeman of the city, and was not on the pay roll ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"A STRANGE NIGHT-WATCHMAN. A STORY OF NORTHERN INDIA. BY DAVID KER. So fervently
were the words pronounced that one might well have expected to see the man ..."
3. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... Heinrich Zschokke A Night-Watchman as Prince PHILIP stalked majestically
through the snow-covered streets of the capital, where as many people were ..."
4. Applied Methods of Scientific Management by Frederic Augustus Parkhurst (1912)
"XXXII Duties of the night watchman 1. The duties and time schedule of the night
watchman will be as follows: 2. He will start each round at Key 1 in the ..."
5. A Plea for the Queen's English: Stray Notes on Speaking and Spelling by Henry Alford (1866)
"Powers of aa hotel advertisement, may serve to illustrate man. a very common
mistake : " Its night-watchman enables gentlemen to be called at any time, and, ..."
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