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patroller

UK/pəˈtɹəʊlə/US/pəˈtɹoʊlɚ/

noun

One who patrols.

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Meanings

nounpatroller (plural patrollers)

plural patrollers · alternative patroler

One who patrols.
In ski areas like Arapahoe Basin, about 80 percent of the male patrollers have had to drastically change (or introduce) shaving regimens.
2020 November 23, Shauna Farnell, “Ski patrollers shave their beards, and a tradition, to wear N95 masks.”, in The New York Times

Origin

From patrol + -er; compare patterroller.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with patroller

solar controller roller polar bipolar stroller comptroller bowler molar alveolar vacuolar unipolar circumpolar dipolar bronchoalveolar troller poller nonpolar osmolar multipolar equimolar poler arteriolar bronchiolar

Cite this entry

APA

patroller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patroller

MLA

“patroller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patroller. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patroller,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patroller.

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