wakeman

See also: Wakeman

English

Etymology

From wake +‎ -man.

Noun

wakeman (plural wakemen)

  1. (archaic) A watchman
  2. (UK, historical) A man employed to preside over a nightly curfew in the city of Ripon, England.
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