a person who keeps guard at night on a factory, public building, etc
2. cricket
a batsman sent in to bat to play out time when a wicket has fallen near the end of a day's play
Examples of 'night watchmen' in a sentence
night watchmen
`You aren't bothered by any of those mysterious noises that made my last two night watchmen quit.
Arthur, Robert THREE IN ONE
Despite the walkout the sale continued, and some of the demonstrators had left 'night-watchmen', junior employees, to bid for them against non-members and collectors.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Warehouses employ night watchmen to keep an eye on things when the workforce is at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
They stole food from street stalls and slept by night-watchmen's fires.