Patrol

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English

Noun

Patrol (plural Patrols)
  1. (military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
  2. (military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
  3. (military) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
  4. Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol.
    In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations. -A. Hamilton.

Verb

Patrol (third-person singular simple present Patrols, present participle patrolling, simple past and past participle patrolled)

  1. (intransitive) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
  2. (transitive) To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.

Verbs for Patrol

elude—; evade—; maintain—; push through —; —guarantees; —guards; —insures; — paces; —protects; —safeguards; —scours; —traverses.

Adverbs for Patrol

systematically; vigilantly; ceaselessly; cautiously; periodically; hourly; perpetually.

Thesaurus

Argus, Charley, airplane spotter, beat, course, cover, defend, defending, do, fire patrolman, fire warden, fireguard, forward observer, go over, guard, guarding, keep guard, keep vigil, keep watch, lookout, lookout man, measure, mount guard, night watchman, overpass, pass over, pass through, patroller, patrolman, perambulate, peregrinate, pererrate, picket, ply, police, protect, protecting, protection, range, range over, reconnoiter, rounds, roundsman, safeguarding, scour, scour the country, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, stand guard, stand sentinel, sweep, track, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, vedette, vigilance, voyage, watch, watch over, watcher, watchfulness, watchkeeper, watchman

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French patrouille, Old French patouille.

Etymology 2

From French patrouiller from Old French patrouiller (“to paddle, paw about, patrol”) from patte (“a paw”)

Translations

Noun

going of the rounds
movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
guard or men who go the rounds for observation
perambulation of a particular line or district
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Verb

go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
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