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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.
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- noun a
watch kept on somepremises , or on atown , byguards during thenight - 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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