pa·trol·man

pa·trol·man
/pəˈtroʊlmən/ noun, pl -men [count]
1 US : a police officer who patrols an area
2 Brit : a person who works for an organized group of car owners and who goes to help if one of the owners' cars stops working when it is being driven

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