watchman

Dick ordered Edward and Glenn Juenke, the night watchman, to begin evacuating Bug House and two other cabins by the river.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

He claimed the duo pushed past the night watchman, collected the artwork and drove to a block of flats in the Isle of Dogs where Mr Love unloaded the Banksy.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025

A night watchman alone would not make or break a new development, but this is one of many such provisions, often motivated by fire safety, that stack up in the code every three years.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Board blamed Boylan for the tragedy, saying his failure to post a roving night watchman allowed the fire to quickly spread undetected, trapping the 33 passengers and one crew member below.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

Coming home from work a few nights later, through the still quiet of snow falling, the only sound the watchman with his rattle, calling out the hour, Vincent thinks of Theo.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

It was those watchmen who came to the boathouse to report that they’d spotted a man in a waterproof jacket drag the Zodiac up the embankment.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

Wealthy people employed "thief takers" to guard their property, whilst ordinary folk had to make do with volunteer watchmen, who focused on the more basic task of keeping order.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025

For much of the next 12 years, soldiers and local watchmen patrolled the streets to ensure that shops remained open and penalize anyone they saw engaging in the usual festive excess.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

Because Burtis’s father-in-law was active with the city’s local constabulary and watchmen patrol, he joined too.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022

One side was protected by a road, which Margo figured was regularly patrolled by night watchmen.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green