Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patrolman

/pətɹˈoʊlmˌæn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: pa-trol-man
IPA: /pətɹˈoʊlmˌæn/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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?""

Etymology

From patrol + -man.

Inflected Forms

patrolmen (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce patrolman?: The recorded pronunciation is /pətɹˈoʊlmˌæn/.
What does patrolman mean?: A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.
Where does patrolman come from?: From patrol + -man.

How to pronounce patrolman

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