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patrolman

[ puh-trohl-muhn ]

noun

plural patrolmen.
  1. a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
  2. a person who patrols.


patrolman

/ əˈٰəʊə /

noun

  1. a man, esp a policeman, who patrols a certain area
  2. 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
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Gender Note

See -man.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of patrolman1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; patrol + -man
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Asked how he’d like to be remembered, Wambaugh summed it up with the no-nonsense crispness of a patrolman handing out a speeding ticket.

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They heard how the highway patrolman told Ms. Hamer, “We are going to make you wish you was dead.”

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Ronald Reagan called in more than 2,000 National Guard troops and hundreds of highway patrolmen, who descended on campus with weapons.

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A woman nervously peers into her rearview mirror as a patrolman activates his car’s lights and sirens.

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Two California Highway patrolmen stood about 20 feet away, talking to each other as traffic crawled along.

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