patrolman
noun [C] /pəˈtrəʊl.mən/
/-ˈtroʊl-/ Definition
› US a police officer who regularly walks or drives around an area in order to prevent or deal with crimePeople who work for the police service › UK old-fashioned a person who works for an organization of car owners and drives to any of its members to help them if their car stops workingEmergency services in general
(Definition of patrolman noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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