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night-watchman

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "night-watchman" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables
14 characters
English (US)
2syllables

night-watchman

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

night-watchman is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, night-watchman is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofnight-watchman

1noun
  • Prior to police forces, a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers.
  • A person who guards (usually at a building) at night.
  • The last batsman in a three or five day game to play on a particular day and thus carry over the batting to the following day.
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