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beatsman

beatsman noun: a policeman who walks the beat.

Noun

beatsman (plural beatsmen)

  1. (dated, rare) A policeman who walks the beat.
    • 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.1948, The Spectator, volume 180, page 730
    Synonyms:
    beat cop

Synonyms of beatsman

Forms of beatsman

pluralbeatsmen

Origin of beatsman

From beat + -s- + -man.

Questions about beatsman

What does beatsman mean?
Beatsman means a policeman who walks the beat.
What part of speech is beatsman?
Beatsman is a noun.
What is the plural of beatsman?
The plural of beatsman is beatsmen.

Words near beatsman in the dictionary

  1. beats with the ugly stick
  2. beatscape
  3. beatscapes
  4. beatscript
  5. beatscripts
  6. beatsman
  7. beatsmen
  8. beatsmith
  9. beatsmiths
  10. Beatson
  11. Beatsons

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