Definitions for patrol
pəˈtroʊlpa·trol

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patrolnoun

   a detachment used for security or reconnaissance

2. patrolnoun

   the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes

3. patrolverb

   a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security

4. patrol, policeverb

   maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patrolnoun

   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. patrolnoun

   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. patrol

   The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.

4. patrol

   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.

5. patrolverb

   To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

6. patrolverb

   To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patrolnoun

   Etymology: patrouille, patouille, old French.

   1. The act of going the rounds in a garrison to observe that orders are kept.2. Those that go the rounds.

   O thou! by whose almighty nod the scale
   Of empire rises, or alternate falls,
   Send forth the saving virtues round the land
   In bright patrol. James Thomson, Summer.

2. To Patrolverb

   To go the rounds in a camp or garison.

   Etymology: patrouiller, Fr.

   These out guards of the mind are sent abroad
   And still patrolling beat the neighb’ring road,
   Or to the parts remote obedient fly,
   Keep posts advanc’d, and on the frontier lie. Richard Blackmore.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patrol

   A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as law enforcement officers, military personnel, or security personnel, that are assigned to monitor or secure a specific geographic area.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patrolverb

   to go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat

2. Patrol

   t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat

3. Patrolverb

   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

4. Patrolverb

   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

5. Patrolverb

   the guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol

6. Patrolverb

   any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol

7. Etymology: [F. patrouiller, O. & Prov. F. patrouiller to paddle, paw about, patrol, fr. patte a paw; cf. D. poot paw, G. pfote, and E. pat, v.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patrol

   A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as police officers or soldiers, that are assigned to monitor a specific geographic area.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patrol

   pa-trōl′, v.i. to go the rounds in a camp or garrison: to watch and protect.—v.t. to pass round as a sentry:—pr.p. patrōl′ling; pa.t. and pa.p. patrōlled′.—n. the marching round of a guard in the night: the guard or men who make a patrol: (also Patrōl′man) a policeman who walks about a certain beat for a specified time, such policemen collectively. [O. Fr. patrouille, a patrol, patrouiller, to march in the mud, through a form patouiller, from pate (mod. patte), the paw or foot of a beast, of Teut. origin, cf. Ger. patsche, little hand.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. patrol

   A detachment of ground, sea, or air forces sent out for the purpose of gathering information or carrying out a destructive, harassing, mopping-up, or security mission. See also combat air patrol.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patrol

   The night-rounds, to see that all is right, and to insure regularity and order.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patrol

   To go the rounds in a camp or garrison; to march about and observe what passes as a guard. To pass round as a sentinel; as, to patrol the city.

Matched Categories

1. • Detachment
   • Guard
   • Protection

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'patrol' in Nouns Frequency: #2809

Anagrams for patrol »

1. portal

2. tropal

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of patrol in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of patrol in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of patrol in a Sentence

1. Aaron Peña:

   The attack on the Border Patrol is significant and very personal to me because I have relatives and friends at the Border Patrol, most of them are Hispanic, you know, or people from the border. They're our friends or our neighbors, our cousins or relatives, and the attacks on them hit us personally. We take it personal because they're simply trying to do their job. And they’re not getting any support from the current administration.

2. Austin Police Department:

   The lack of cadet classes at APD over the last couple of years has contributed to an officer staffing shortage, in order to prioritize the Department’s ability to respond to 911 phone calls and keep the community safe, APD has had to reallocate some personnel from our support units back to patrol. The Sex Offender Apprehension and Registration Unit (SOAR) is one of the units affected by these staffing challenges and lost 3 officers who were re-assigned to patrol in the process. These officers’ duties and tasks while assigned to SOAR were to perform sex offender compliance checks, and to track down and arrest those with outstanding warrants. With the absence of these officers in the SOAR unit to assist with these tasks, the unit has limited capacity to perform these functions. There are currently 1 sergeant, 3 detectives, 1 full time civilian, and 2 part time civilians who now work in this unit.

3. The Republican presidential candidate:

   After careful consideration of all the factors involved in this event and communicating with members of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) at the National level, it has been decided by Local 2455 to pull out of all events involving Donald Trump.

4. Sheriff Rick Singleton:

   We know that there was never any effort to go to the courthouse. They went straight to Florence Square parking lot, dumped Vicky White patrol car, got in the other vehicle and left, we assume they are going to ditch Vicky White patrol car at the first opportunity when they get wind that the description is out there, so we're back to square one.

5. Brandon Scott:

   This is really helping us to become a more 21st century police department, this will help us in the short term, but also in the long term as we're building those relationships, freeing up hours and hours and hours of patrol hours for our officers to do the things we want them to do, but also providing other jobs and opportunities and then a new entryway into our department.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=patrol
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Patrol
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=patrol
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrol
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patrol
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=patrol
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=patrol
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=patrol
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html