beatsman

English

Etymology

From beat +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Noun

beatsman (plural beatsmen)

  1. (dated, rare) A policeman who walks the beat.
    • 1948, The Spectator, volume 180, page 730:
      Police authorities are similarly aware that motor cars and wireless and infra-red photography and photo-telegraphy will not avail in the crime war without the familiar, slow-moving beatsman as the broad base of the whole organisation.

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