nightwatcher
nightwatcher noun: a person who watches or guards something at night; a nightwatchman.
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
- therefore, who diverges from the nightwatcher state must also deny the "private character" of religion.1930, Edgar Julius Jung, Rule of the Inferiour, page 104
- Someone who keeps watch in the night with questionable or harmful intentions.
Examples of nightwatcher in a sentence
- The most noticeable change in the educational level of the nightwatchers occurs in the reversal of the percentage of preprofessionals in 1963 and the professionals in 1969.1967, John H. Randell, M.S.W., “A Nightwatch Program in A Suicide Prevention Center”, in Bulletin of Suicidology, page 54:
- 'So, the nightwatcher comes home at last!' he said.1984, Geoffrey C. T. Ndhlala, The Southern Circle, page 115:
- 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.1988, David B. Kesterson (editor), Critical Essays on Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, page 52:
Forms of nightwatcher
| plural | nightwatchers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | night watcher |
| alternative form | night-watcher |
Origin of nightwatcher
From nightwatch + -er.
Questions about nightwatcher
- What does nightwatcher mean?
- Nightwatcher means a person who watches or guards something at night; a nightwatchman.
- How do you use nightwatcher in a sentence?
- The most noticeable change in the educational level of the nightwatchers occurs in the reversal of the percentage of preprofessionals in 1963 and the professionals in 1969.
- What part of speech is nightwatcher?
- Nightwatcher is a noun.
- What is the plural of nightwatcher?
- The plural of nightwatcher is nightwatchers.
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