Definitions for patrol
pəˈtroʊlpa·trol

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. patrol(noun)

   a detachment used for security or reconnaissance

2. patrol(noun)

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

3. patrol(verb)

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

4. patrol, police(verb)

   maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. patrol(Noun)

   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. patrol(Noun)

   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. patrol(Verb)

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

6. patrol(Verb)

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Patrol(verb)

   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. Patrol(verb)

   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. Patrol(verb)

   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. Patrol(verb)

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

6. Patrol(verb)

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

Origin: [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.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Terms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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 Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. patrol

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

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

Anagrams for patrol »

1. Portal

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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. The Navy:

   Submariners who die go on eternal patrol.

2. Brandon Judd:

   Border Patrol officials's the largest I've ever heard of.

3. Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole:

   We had two-thirds of our road patrol tied up on this fiasco.

4. District Attorney Paul Howard:

   Burns was safely standing at the rear of his own patrol vehicle.

5. Former Lt. Col Rick Francona:

   The two boats were small patrol boats, but may still have some intelligence value.

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