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night watch en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English nightwacche, nyȝt-wacche, nyghte wacche, nyȝt wacche, from Old English nihtwæċċe, a variant of nihtwacu (“nightwatch”), equivalent to night + watch. Cognate with West Frisian nachtwacht (“nightwatch”), Dutch nachtwacht, nachtwake (“nightwatch”), German Nachtwache (“nightwatch”) and Nachtwächter (“night watchman”), Swedish nattvakt (“nightwatch”), Icelandic næturvakt (“nightwatch”).

Meanings

1. A watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night.
2. One or more of the guards on such a watch.
3. One of the watches kept on a marine vessel.
4. The sailors standing such a watch.

Forms

Coordinates

first watch · graveyard watch

Deriveds

nightwatcher

Synonyms

night watchman

Translations (15)

es imaginaria (guards on such a watch) · cs noční hlídka (guards on such a watch) · fi yövartio (guards on such a watch) · cs noční hlídka (watch kept during the night) · bg нощна стража (guards on such a watch) · ca imaginària (guards on such a watch) · es imaginaria (watch kept during the night) · fi yövartio (watch kept during the night) · tr gece nöbeti (watch kept during the night) · bg нощно дежурство (watch kept during the night) · sh ноћна стража (watch kept during the night) · nb nattvakt (watch kept during the night) · ca imaginària (watch kept during the night) · sh ноћни стражар (guards on such a watch) · tr gece bekçisi (guards on such a watch)