patrolman
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]patrolman (plural patrolmen)
- 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
[edit]police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty
|