nightman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person whose job is cleaning cesspools or sewers, or emptying privies by night.
  2. A male night shift worker.
  3. A nightwatchman; a guard who works at night.

Word forms

nightman nightmen night-man night man

Etymology

From night + -man.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.