subs. (old).—1. A watchman; a CHARLEY (q.v.).
1828. BULWER-LYTTON, Pelham, p. 142, ed. 1864. This action was not committed with impunity; in an instant two of the MOON’S MINIONS, staffs, lanterns, and all, were measuring their length at the foot of their namesake of royal memory: the remaining Dogberry was however a tougher assailant.
2. (old).—See MOON-MAN, sense 2.
