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nightwatchman

nightwatchman noun: someone who guards a premises at night.

Noun

nightwatchman (plural nightwatchmen)

  1. Someone who guards a premises at night.
  2. A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day's play (when light is poor), in order to protect better batsmen.

nightwatchman meaning in Tamil

nightwatchman in Tamil

யாமிகன்

Forms of nightwatchman

pluralnightwatchmen
alternative formnight watchman

Origin of nightwatchman

From night + watchman.

Questions about nightwatchman

What does nightwatchman mean?
Nightwatchman means someone who guards a premises at night.
What is nightwatchman in Tamil?
Nightwatchman in Tamil is யாமிகன். See Nightwatchman meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nightwatchman?
Nightwatchman is a noun.
What is the plural of nightwatchman?
The plural of nightwatchman is nightwatchmen.

Words near nightwatchman in the dictionary

  1. nightwatcher
  2. nightwatchers
  3. nightwatches
  4. nightwatching
  5. nightwatchings
  6. nightwatchman
  7. nightwatchmen
  8. nightwatchwoman
  9. nightwatchwomen
  10. nightwear
  11. nightwears

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nightwatchman (page history and authors); nightwatchman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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