: a person whose job is to watch and guard property at night
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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 Filene found them in city directories: James Doyle, depot foreman, Northern Pacific Railroad; Frank Appleton, night watchman.—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026 He was rescued by a night watchman.—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for night watchman