patrolman

English

Etymology

From patrol +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

patrolman (plural patrolmen)

1. A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.
   • 2006, Ping-hui Liao, David Der-wei Wang, Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895–1945‎^[1], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page [2]:

     On September 9, when a solitary Japanese patrolman tried to curtail the work of five Taiwanese who were cutting trees from a windbreak (in Anting settlement, Sinhua district), the accused responded "Taiwan is not Japan's land. Why are you stopping us?"

Translations

police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty

• Bulgarian: уличен полицай m (uličen policaj)
• Dutch: surveillant (nl) m (Netherlands)
• Finnish: passipoliisi (fi)
• Italian: pattugliatore (it) m
• Macedonian: позо́рникар m (pozórnikar), патро́лџија m (patróldžija)
• Russian: патру́льный (ru) m (patrúlʹnyj)
• Spanish: patrullero m