beatsman
English
Etymology
beat + -s- + -man
Noun
beatsman (plural beatsmen)
- (archaic, rare) A policeman who walks the beat.
- 1948, The Spectator (volume 180, page 730)
- 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)