NIGHTWATCHMAN

Etymology

Noun

nightwatchman (plural nightwatchmen)

Someone who guards a premises at night.

(cricket) A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day's play (when light is poor), in order to protect better batsmen.

Source: Wiktionary



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TYPIFY

(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”


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