patrol

Meaning of patrol

noun
  1. 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. 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. The guards 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 people thus guarding.
    a customs patrol
  5. A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop.
verb
  1. To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
  2. To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman
    to patrol a beat

Information about patrol

Hyphenation of patrol

pa-trol

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • patrol is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

patrol synonyms

Meaning police:

police

Translation of patrol

Anagrams of patrol

Alport, portal, protal, tropal

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