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field police

field police noun: a police force charged with maintaining order beyond towns and other settlements, in the countryside or bush.

Noun

field police (uncountable)

  1. (Tasmania, historical) A police force charged with maintaining order beyond towns and other settlements, in the countryside or bush.
    • He was some years under my orders when I was police-magistrate of the Oatlands district, during which period he acted successively as my assistant-clerk, constable of the field-police, leader of several roving bands in quest of the aborigines, and one of the directors of the Oatland volunteers.1871, Marcus Clarke, Old Tales of a Toung Country
    • Arthur had established a field police in 1825, with an initial complement of 300 men.2017, Nick Brodie, The Vandemonian War, Hardie Grant Books, page 14

Questions about field police

What does field police mean?
Field police means a police force charged with maintaining order beyond towns and other settlements, in the countryside or bush.
What part of speech is field police?
Field police is a noun.

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