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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

/ 辫蓹藞迟谤蓹蕣濒尘蓹苍 /

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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

See -man.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of patrolman1

An Americanism dating back to 1840鈥50; patrol + -man
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鈥淭hey didn鈥檛 care about me or my daughter or those poor highway patrolmen. They ruined their lives. They were after Frank,鈥 she said.

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Asked how he鈥檇 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, 鈥淲e are going to make you wish you was dead.鈥

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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鈥檚 lights and sirens.

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