What does nightwatcher mean?
Nightwatcher means (dated, uncommon) A person who watches or guards something at night; a nightwatchman.
Nightwatcher
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nightwatcher is a noun meaning (dated, uncommon) A person who watches or guards something at night; a nightwatchman.
Meaning
(dated, uncommon) A person who watches or guards something at night; a nightwatchman.
More Meanings
- (dated, uncommon) Someone who keeps watch in the night with questionable or harmful intentions.
Example Sentences
Josef called it the 'nightwatcher'.
'So, the nightwatcher comes home at last!' he said. I threw off my shirt.
therefore, who diverges from the nightwatcher state must also deny the "private character" of religion.
It was doubtless caused by one of those meteors which the nightwatcher may so often observe burning out to waste in the vacant regions of the atmosphere.
Word Forms
- nightwatchers
- night watcher
- night-watcher
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How do you use nightwatcher in a sentence?
Josef called it the 'nightwatcher'.
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