name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Etymology

From wake + -man.

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