noun. A policeman who patrols or polices an assigned area.

noun. One who patrols an assigned area.

noun. A member of the police force of a town or city who patrols a certain “beat”; one of the patrol; a policeman; specifically, in some large cities of the United States, a member of the principal body of the police force ranking below a roundsman.

noun. Hence One who goes over a certain course examining something, as the condition of an electric circuit.

noun. One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city.

noun. A police officer, especially a junior one who does patrol instead of detection or supervising other policemen.

noun. a policeman who patrols a given region

"A patrolman from a small suburban police force spotted him walking down a tree-lined street, holding what looked like an open bottle of beer."

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