roundsman

[ roundz-muhn ]

noun

, plural rounds·men.

1. a person who makes rounds, round, 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.

roundsman

/ ˈraʊndzmən /

noun

1. a person who makes rounds, as for inspection or to deliver goods
2. a reporter covering a particular district or topic

Word History and Origins

Origin of roundsman¹

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

Example Sentences

About ten o’clock in the morning of that day the porters of the house on Little Garden Street where the Koboseffs kept their shop reported to the roundsman that the cheese dealer and his wife had not been home since the previous evening, and that their shop was still closed.

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The roundsman, who, like every member of the St. Petersburg police during those days, was overworked and badly in need of rest, made no reply.

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“The devil you did,” the roundsman said, as much with irritation as with amazement.

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For the greater reality of the impersonation and as a special precaution against curiosity they made friends with the porter of the house and his wife and with the police roundsman of the neighbourhood, often inviting them to a glass of vodka.

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Seeing that he boarded a hackney-sleigh, the roundsman did the same, ordering the driver to follow along as closely as possible, but at this he lost time in persuading the hackman that he was a policeman in disguise.

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