beatsman

English

Etymology

beat +‎ -s- +‎ -man

Noun

beatsman (plural beatsmen)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• beat cop

Anagrams

• Batemans, beastman