night-watcher
night-watcher is the alternative form of nightwatcher.
Meaning of nightwatcher
Noun
nightwatcher (plural nightwatchers)
- A person who watches or guards something at night; a nightwatchman.
- In the silence of the night melodious sounds fall upon the ear from the mysterious stillness of the monasteries, or the voices of the nightwatchers are heard in improvised songs to the perfections of the lady of their affections after the manner of their forefathers in bygone ages.1898, Vicente Bonnet Torres, Album and Guide to Teneriffe, page 137
- Someone who keeps watch in the night with questionable or harmful intentions.
Forms of night-watcher
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Questions about night-watcher
- What is night-watcher the alternative form of?
- Night-watcher is the alternative form of nightwatcher.
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