roundsman

American  

[roundz-muhn] / ˈraʊndz mən /

noun

plural

roundsmen

1. a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.

2. British. a person who makes deliveries, as of milk or bread.

3. Australian. a journalist covering a specific area of interest.

   a political roundsman.

4. a police officer who inspects the other officers on duty in a particular district.

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roundsman British  

/ ˈraʊndzmən /

noun

1. a person who makes rounds, as for inspection or to deliver goods

2. a reporter covering a particular district or topic

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Etymology

Origin of roundsman

First recorded in 1785–95; round ¹ + 's ¹ + man

Example Sentences

Just as we was gettin' the last of the kids loaded in for their ride up to the Home, a roundsman shows up with two cops.

From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

"What did I tell you?" he cackled to the roundsman.

From One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York by Tracy, Louis

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 Cahan, Abraham

"Well, I didn't know that," replied the roundsman.

From Banzai! by Parabellum by Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich

The same glance which showed him the gray automobile stealing softly across the network of car-lines of one of the city's main thoroughfares revealed a roundsman crossing the square.

From One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York by Tracy, Louis