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shore patrol

shore patrol noun: a special unit of the military police of the U.S. navy or the Royal Navy whose duties are to police the seamen while they are on shore leave.

Noun

shore patrol pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A special unit of the military police of the U.S. navy or the Royal Navy whose duties are to police the seamen while they are on shore leave.

Questions about shore patrol

What does shore patrol mean?
Shore patrol means a special unit of the military police of the U.S. navy or the Royal Navy whose duties are to police the seamen while they are on shore leave.
What part of speech is shore patrol?
Shore patrol is a noun.

Words near shore patrol in the dictionary

  1. Shore hardness
  2. shore lark
  3. shore larks
  4. shore leave
  5. shore leaves
  6. shore patrol
  7. shore pine
  8. shore pines
  9. shore pit viper
  10. shore pit vipers
  11. shore plover

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