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patrolman

noun

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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English patrol English -man English patrolman From patrol + -man.

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

    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?"

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