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nightwatch

nightwatch is the alternative form of night watch.

Meaning of night watch

Noun

night watch (plural night watches)

  1. A watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night.
  2. One or more of the guards on such a watch.
  3. One of the watches kept on a marine vessel.
  4. The sailors standing such a watch.

Forms of nightwatch

pluralnightwatches

Questions about nightwatch

What is nightwatch the alternative form of?
Nightwatch is the alternative form of night watch.

Words near nightwatch in the dictionary

  1. nightwalkers
  2. nightwalking
  3. nightwandering
  4. nightward
  5. nightwards
  6. nightwatch
  7. nightwatcher
  8. nightwatchers
  9. nightwatches
  10. nightwatching
  11. nightwatchings

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