night watchman

noun

: a person whose job is to watch and guard property at night

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All of the stallions were settled into their stalls for the night under the watchful gaze of night watchman, Alton Stone, who was filling in for the regular night watchman. Grrlscientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 Stein traveled the globe to meet the last people keeping ancient traditions alive, from Scandinavia’s final night watchman to the Peruvian bridge master who reconstructs a bridge out of grass every year in the tradition of the fabled Inca road system. Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024 Popular on Variety Williams voices the film’s main character, Nobody, the night watchman for an upscale apartment complex, whose feelings of isolation spark an existential crisis. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024 Another story in the Railway and Engineering Review included a similar hack attempt by a night watchman in Portland, Maine. Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for night watchman 

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“Night watchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/night%20watchman. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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