roundsman

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: rounds=man

CIDE DICTIONARY

roundsman, n. 

 A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

roundsman, n. (pl. -men)
1 Brit. a tradesman's employee going round delivering and taking orders.
2 US a police officer in charge of a patrol.
3 Austral. a journalist covering a specified subject (political roundsman).

THESAURUS

roundsman

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