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pa⋅trol

  [puh-trohl] verb, -trolled, -trol⋅ling, noun
Use Patrol in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
–verb (used with object)
2. to maintain the order and security of (a road, beat, area, etc.) by passing along or through it.
–noun
3. a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
4. an automobile, ship, plane, squadron, fleet, etc., assigned to patrol an area.
5. Military. a detachment of two or more persons, often a squad or platoon, detailed for reconnaissance or combat.
6. the act of patrolling.
7. patrol wagon.
8. (in the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts) a subdivision of a troop, usually consisting of about eight members.
Origin:
1655–65; < F patrouille (n.), patrouiller (v.) patrol, orig. a pawing (n.), to paw (v.) in mud; deriv. (with suffixal -ouille) of patte paw; -r- unexplained

Related forms:
pa⋅trol⋅ler, noun
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pa·trol   (pə-trōl')   
n.  

  1. The act of moving about an area especially by an authorized and trained person or group, for purposes of observation, inspection, or security.

  2. A person or group of persons who perform such an act.

    1. A military unit sent out on a reconnaissance or combat mission.

    2. One or more military vehicles, boats, ships, or aircraft assigned to guard or reconnoiter a given area.

  4. A division of a Boy Scout troop or Girl Scout troop consisting of between six and eight children.

v.   pa·trolled, pa·trol·ling, pa·trols

v.   tr.
To engage in a patrol of.
v.   intr.
To engage in a patrol.

[French patrouille, from patrouiller, to patrol, alteration of Old French patouiller, to paddle about in mud, patrol, probably from pate, paw; see patois.]
pa·trol'ler n.
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Word Origin & History

patrol  (n.)
1664, "action of going the rounds" (of a military camp, etc.), from Fr. patrouille "a night watch" (1539), from patrouiller "go the rounds to watch or guard," originally "tramp through the mud," probably soldiers' slang, from O.Fr. patouiller "paddle in water," probably from pate "paw, foot" (see patois). Compare paddlefoot, World War II U.S. Army slang for "infantry soldier." Meaning "those who go on a patrol" is from 1670. Sense of "detachment of soldiers sent out to scout the countryside, the enemy, etc." is attested from 1702. The verb first recorded 1691. Patrolman "police constable on a particular beat" is first recorded 1879, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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