It meant " a man with a lantern" or a night watchman.

它的意思是" 拿着灯笼的人" 或守夜人。

After that, I was a night watchman in a hotel and so on.

后，我一家酒店当夜班警卫等等。

A night watchman died in that fire.

一守夜人火灾中丧生。

But I was here this morning in time to greet the night watchman.

但我今天早上及时赶到这里迎接守夜人。

There's a night's watchman here begging a word.

外面有弟兄求见。

Edgar, our night watchman, he caught her in the act.

正好被我们这儿值夜班的 安格儿发现了。

The night watchman just then sounded the hour of midnight on his drum.

守夜人的鼓声正好敲响了午夜的钟声。

And a reduced sentence for felony murder of the night watchman

还有针对本案中守夜人死亡引发的重罪谋杀罪的减刑？

As far back as 1663, the term meant a man with a lantern, or a night watchman.

早 1663 年， 这词就表示提着灯笼的人， 或守夜人。