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night watchman states

night watchman states is the plural of night watchman state.

Meaning of night watchman state

Noun

night watchman state (plural night watchman states)

  1. Government that is limited to a bare minimum of functions, usually just military, police, and courts.
    • The doctrines of conservative liberalism were propounded by the late nineteenth century's leading intellectual proponents of the night watchman state.1992, Mark A. Graber, Transforming Free Speech: The Ambiguous Legacy of Civil Libertarianism, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 18

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What is night watchman states the plural of?
Night watchman states is the plural of night watchman state.

Words near night watchman states in the dictionary

  1. night watcher
  2. night watchers
  3. night watches
  4. night watchman
  5. night watchman state
  6. night watchman states
  7. night watchmen
  8. night wind
  9. night winds
  10. night work
  11. night writing

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