: a person whose job is to watch and guard property at night
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Edward assists at Twins I and II, with the night watchman assisting at Giggle Box and Wiggle Inn.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
24 June 2026 Lamb was in the middle of converting the former coconut-processing plant at 165 Duane into co-ops and offered Mango work as a night watchman.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
10 June 2026 Perhaps the oddest was a night watchman of cows.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026 Instead, Dick Eastland, Edward Eastland and the camp’s night watchman, Glenn Juenke, were the only three adults leading the evacuation effort, a process that quickly turned into chaos.—
Ashley Killough,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for night watchman