Definition of "patrolman" [pa•trol•man]

• A policeman who patrols or polices an assigned area. (noun)
• One who patrols an assigned area. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "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."
• "At first Contos looks back from his boat without offering help but later returns and plucks the patrolman from the water."
• "And if Officer Eliseo was serious about community beautification, he might want to excuse himself from the premises: the disheveled, paunchy patrolman is in quick need of a decent haircut and a girdle."