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[ puh-trohl-muhn ] / pəˈtroʊl mən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR patrolman ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural pa·trol·men.a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc. a person who patrols. Origin of patrolmanAn Americanism dating back to 1840–50; patrol + -man usage note for patrolmanSee -man. Words nearby patrolmanpatroclinous, patrocliny, Patroclus, patrol, patrol car, patrolman, patrologist, patrology, patrol torpedo boat, patrol wagon, patrolwoman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for patrolmanSee, a hippie came through town, so Patrolman France arrested him. The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST “I shot him,” Michele Wanko, 42, reportedly told Parkside Police Patrolman Brian McNeill Jr. What Guns Do in The Real World|David Frum|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST I believe that the patrolman gave me two, and Captain Doughty received the third. Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Solomon trudged back, followed by the short civilian and patrolman who left their curious searching to follow Solomon's lead. Solomon's Orbit|William Carroll
Taking the plumed serpent drawing with them, Sergeant Gray and the patrolman left the office. Whispering Walls|Mildred A. Wirt One young girl's fall was broken by a policeman's brawny arms—no other than Patrolman Chandler. The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy Patrolman Willis got the squad ship competently over to the planet, a diameter out. A Matter of Importance|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
British Dictionary definitions for patrolman
noun plural -menmainly US a man, esp a policeman, who patrols a certain area British a man employed to patrol an area to help motorists in difficulty Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to patrolmanpolicewoman, constable, detective, cop, force, corps, bobby, badge, patrol, blue, bear, heat, officer, bluecoat, police, law, fed, gendarme, flatfoot, copper |