beatsman

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noun

A policeman who walks the beat.

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beat cop
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Meanings

nounbeatsman (plural beatsmen)

plural beatsmen

  1. datedrareA policeman who walks the beat.

    Police authorities are similarly aware that motor cars and wireless and infra-red photography and photo-telegraphy will not avail in the crime war without the familiar, slow-moving beatsman as the broad base of the whole organisation.

    1948, The Spectator, volume 180, page 730

    Synonyms: beat cop

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA policeman who walks the beat.

Similar
beat cop
Also see
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Origin

From beat + -s- + -man.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

beastman
Cite this entry
APA

beatsman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beatsman

MLA

“beatsman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beatsman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beatsman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beatsman.

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