Definition of "nightwatchman" []

• Someone who guards a premises at night. (noun)
• A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day's play (when light is poor), in order to protect better batsmen. (noun)

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• "In cricket, the nightwatchman is a lower order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of day's play."
• "However I don't believe in cutting the state back to a "nightwatchman" state the way some libertarians do."
• "Part I tries to show that a minimal type of state — the "nightwatchman" state of classical liberal theory, limited to protecting its citizens against force and fraud — can arise legitimately, without violating anyone's rights."