Meaning

1 senses
  1. A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.

    патру́льныйpatrúlʹnyj

More definitions
  • a male policeman who patrols a given region

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The patrolman motioned me to pull over.

    ruПолицейский жестом показал мне съехать на обочину.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty:

Origin

From patrol + -man.

From patrol + -man.

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Forms

plural: patrolmen
Singularpatrolman
Pluralpatrolmen

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
patrolman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto