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It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.
Tallulah Bankhead

Meaning of "night watchman" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NIGHT WATCHMAN

night watchman play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIGHT WATCHMAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Night watchman is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NIGHT WATCHMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nightwatchman

Nightwatchman may refer to one of the following: ▪ Watchman ▪ Nightwatchman, a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play ▪ "Nightwatchman", a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from Hard Promises ▪ The Nightwatchman or Tom Morello, musician ▪ Night-watchman state, a government ideal restricted to the upholding of negative rights ▪ Security guard ▪ Nightwatchman, a 2000 Italian film ▪ Street Kings or The Night Watchman, a 2008 film...

Definition of night watchman in the English dictionary

The definition of night watchman in the dictionary is Also called: night watch. a person who keeps guard at night on a factory, public building, etc. Other definition of night watchman is a batsman sent in to bat to play out time when a wicket has fallen near the end of a day's play.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIGHT WATCHMAN

night porter
night raven
night robe
night safe
night school
night shelter
night shift
night sights
night sky
night soil
night stand
night stick
night storage heater
night storage heating
night table
night terrors
night vision
night watch
night watchmen
night work

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIGHT WATCHMAN

churchman
coachman
Dutchman
Flying Dutchman
Frenchman
freshman
henchman
High-Churchman
kloochman
klootchman
Low-Churchman
marchman
nightwatchman
pitchman
ranchman
Scotchman
stagecoachman
switchman
truchman
watchman
winchman

Synonyms and antonyms of night watchman in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «night watchman» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NIGHT WATCHMAN

Find out the translation of night watchman to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of night watchman from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «night watchman» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

守夜人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vigilante nocturno
570 millions of speakers

English

night watchman
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चौकीदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حارس ليلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ночной сторож
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vigia noturno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাতের প্রহরী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

veilleur de nuit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengawal malam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nachtwächter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

夜間警備員
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

야간 경비원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wengi jaga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người canh gác ban đêm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரவு காவல்காரன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रात्र पहारेकरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gece bekçisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guardiano notturno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nocny stróż
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Нічний сторож
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paznic de noapte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νυχτοφύλακας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nagwag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nattvakt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nattevakt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of night watchman

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIGHT WATCHMAN»

The term «night watchman» is normally little used and occupies the 109.343 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NIGHT WATCHMAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «night watchman» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «night watchman» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about night watchman

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2 QUOTES WITH «NIGHT WATCHMAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word night watchman.
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Tallulah Bankhead
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.
2
Tom Glazer
When I was in Philadelphia during the Depression in 1930 or '31, I got a very sad job as a night watchman in a garage. The cars in the garage had been abandoned by their owners, since they had lost their jobs and couldn't keep up the payments.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIGHT WATCHMAN»

Discover the use of night watchman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to night watchman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Night Watchman
As Ray chases down leads and interrogates suspects, someone is watching his every move, someone determined to keep him from ever finding out the truth–at any cost. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Mark Mynheir, 2009
2
Night Watchman
Nate Watson is a cop in a bad section of Island City.
James V. Viscosi, 2002
3
The Night Watchman
And the Night Watchman never did. He would, however, pick up little bits and pieces of information down in the town of Walden Common from time to time. In particular, old Ethan, the barber, would venture to speak of the Night Watchman's  ...
William Gwin, 2001
4
Verse: The Night Watchman and Other Poems
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Vance Thompson, 2010
5
Worklife
A few days later the man divorced his unfaithful wife. “A certain wife of a night watchman was having an affair with a neighbour. The man would at night go to the house of the night watchman and meet the night watchman's wife when he was ...
Thumbiko Shumba
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Night Watchman State
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A night watchman state, or a minimal state, has been variously defined by sources.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Dead Before Dark
. . Praise for Wendy Corsi Staub's Don't Scream "Staub keeps things taut and unpredictable. . .a surprisingly effective thriller." --Publishers Weekly
Wendy Corsi Staub, 2009
8
A Biblical and Theological Dictionary: Explanatory of the ...
They were also charged, as with us, to announce tho progress of the night to the slumbering city : "The burden of Dumah ; he calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of tho night ? watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning ...
Richard Watson, Nathan Bangs, 1832
9
Give Me this Mountain: Life History and Selected Sermons
He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come." [Isaiah 21:11-12] The subject: Watchman, What ...
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin, Jeff Todd Titon, 1989
10
WaWa West Africa: A Coming of Age Memoir
One night, as our night watchman is sleeping in front ofthe main door to the house, thieves invade. They came to break in, and not seeing the sleeping night watchman, they stepped on him in front of the door. He let out a great shout, and, in a ...
William Coughlan, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIGHT WATCHMAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term night watchman is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Confused Black Bear Broke Into This Alaska Zoo
According to Patrick Lampi, executive director of the zoo, the bear was spotted early in the morning by the night watchman, when it went up a ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
Lens | An Abandoned Factory's Clinton Connection
Instead, he worked as a night watchman so he could study English and pursue his growing interest in photography. He eventually became an ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Kagadi Hospital maternity ward littered with human waste
'I have ordered a night watchman to arrest any body found defecating and urinating on verandah near the maternity ward at Kagadi Hospital, ... «New Vision, Jul 15»
4
Man convicted of offence committed two decades back
The accused had attacked the office night watchman and had decamped with valuables then. Based on the circumstantial evidence and cross ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
5
The Flash Throwback Recaps With John Wesley Shipp:Out of Control
Eventually, Charlie relents and takes a job as a night watchman at the lab where Tina works. That night, Barry asks Tina out, but she has a date ... «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
6
Rosemont Ready For Gene & Georgetti
Though he spoke little English, upon his arrival he worked numerous jobs ranging from night watchman, porter, dishwasher to bartender, where ... «Journal & Topics Newspapers Online, Jul 15»
7
We Talked to One of the 46 Inmates Barack Obama Ordered …
I could probably hold a night watchman job or whatever, but what else am I prepared to do except stay out of the way?" Roberts concedes that ... «VICE, Jul 15»
8
The Day the Minnetonka Yacht Club Burned; Aug. 31, 1943
Jim was the janitor and night watchman for the Yacht Club that summer and it was his job to burn the trash in the burning barrel and haul the ... «SW News Media, Jul 15»
9
Brad Wadlan bowls Cornwall into contention to win divisional title
Night watchman Adam Syddall followed seven runs later, held at slip by Matt Rowe. That signalled a dramatic mid-order collapse as four ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
10
The Hartlepool sailor who left sea to become an 'elephant keeper'
“He later worked at JL Thompson's shipyard, as a night watchman, and died in 1962. I'd love to know more about his life, war duties and work ... «Hartlepool Mail, Jul 15»

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