# patrolman

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,817

## Definitions
1. A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.

## Etymology
From patrol + -man.

## Common misspellings (14)
`aptrolman`, `partolman`, `patorlman`, `patrloman`, `patrolamn`, `patrollman`, `patrolmann`, `patrolmman`, `patrolmna`, `patromlan`, `patrrolman`, `pattrolman`, `ppatrolman`, `ptarolman`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/patrolman