roundsman
Americannoun
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roundsmen
plural
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a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
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British. a person who makes deliveries, as of milk or bread.
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Australian. a journalist covering a specific area of interest.
a political roundsman.
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a police officer who inspects the other officers on duty in a particular district.
noun
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a person who makes rounds, as for inspection or to deliver goods
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a reporter covering a particular district or topic
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Origin of roundsman
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"Now will you be nice, Cap?" says I. At this Sadie and Mrs. Cubbs tries to butt in, but that roundsman had a head like a choppin' block.
From Shorty McCabe by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson
This stopping to look round was, according to a printed police circular, one of the symptoms of Nihilism, so the roundsman was ordered to watch until the suspicious man should re-emerge from the cheese shop.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan
He and his "partner" were from New Orleans, and they were after a man who was wanted for big money: that was all he would tell the roundsman.
From The Price by Francis Lynde
Steingall and Clancy arrived before the roundsman had made an end of his experiences, which he had to recount for their benefit.
From One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York by Louis Tracy
And such was my skill as a roundsman, And talent in keeping the peace, That I rose in a year to be Captain, And then to be Chief of Police!
From The Autobiography of a Monkey by Albert Bigelow Paine
From ten nations he summoned 500 more picked roundsmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not in the tower itself, for some of the coast-guard roundsmen might take shelter there and pitch into them for smugglers.
From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Richard Savage
In about ten minutes the police commissioner and the coroner, followed by two roundsmen with a litter, joined the solitary watcher, and the latter could return to his post.
From The Case of the Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron
Two or three roundsmen were sitting against the wall, lazily, helmets off and coats open against the warmth of the early spring night.
From The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
A few moments later the tramp was brought in, guarded by two armed roundsmen.
From The Case of the Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron
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