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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A watch or guard kept during the night.
  • noun The person or persons on such a watch.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night
  • noun the guards on such a watch

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)

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