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View synonyms for patrolman

patrolman

[ puh-trohl-muhn ]

noun

, plural pa·trol·men.
  1. a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
  2. a person who patrols.


patrolman

/ pəˈtrəʊlmən /

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


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Gender Note

See -man.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of patrolman1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; patrol + -man

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Example Sentences

The officer who shot Myers was identified as Jason Flanery, a 32-year-old white patrolman.

Well, the kid sued, the papers got it, and soon the chief wanted to see Patrolman France—privately.

See, a hippie came through town, so Patrolman France arrested him.

“I shot him,” Michele Wanko, 42, reportedly told Parkside Police Patrolman Brian McNeill Jr.

There was no time now to seek out the patrolman on the post; the job must be all his.

The eye of one man, punched out by a patrolman's club, hung on his cheek.

He summoned a patrolman to guide them to the wireless rooms and wished the boys success.

One young girl's fall was broken by a policeman's brawny arms—no other than Patrolman Chandler.

This was the girl Patrolman Chandler caught in his arms, who laughed and then fainted away.

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