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Prior to police forces, a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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A person who guards (usually at a building) at night.
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A lower order batter to play the last overs in low light to save better batters for the next day's play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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a watchman who works during the night
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: watchman, watcher, security guard
From night + watchman. Cf. Old English nihtweard. By surface analysis, night + watch + man.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
vægter
— a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers
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Dutch:
nachtwacht
— a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers
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Finnish:
yövartija
— a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers
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German:
Nachtwächter
— a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers
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Icelandic:
næturvörður
— a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers
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Macedonian:
па́зван
(pázvan)
— a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers
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Macedonian:
па́звант
(pázvant)
— a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers
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Macedonian:
па́звантин
(pázvantin)
— a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers
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Turkish:
gece bekçisi
— a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers
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Turkish:
yatakçı
— a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers
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Catalan:
vigilant nocturn
— person who guards at night
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Finnish:
yövartija
— person who guards at night
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German:
Nachtwächter
— person who guards at night
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German:
Wachmann
— person who guards at night
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Greek:
νυχτοφύλακας
(nychtofýlakas)
— person who guards at night
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Icelandic:
næturvörður
— person who guards at night
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Macedonian:
па́зван
(pázvan)
— person who guards at night
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Macedonian:
па́звант
(pázvant)
— person who guards at night
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Macedonian:
па́звантин
(pázvantin)
— person who guards at night
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Macedonian:
чу́вар
(čúvar)
— person who guards at night
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nattvakt
— person who guards at night
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Swedish:
nattvakt
— person who guards at night
