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roundsman

[roundz-muhn]

noun

plural

roundsmen 
  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

/ ˈʊԻə /

noun

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

  2. a reporter covering a particular district or topic

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of roundsman1

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

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The consultation says: "Childcare providers buy the milk provided to children in their care from a range of sources including supermarkets and corner shops, milk roundsmen, wholesalers, markets and at the farm gate."

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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.

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Missing his reserves, Sergeant McNally had sent the roundsman in search of them.

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Below the head of the police force are usually deputy chiefs, inspectors, captains, sergeants, roundsmen, and finally the patrolmen.

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"Well, if he is coming I reckon you will be all right, unless you have a bad case; and from what the roundsman told me the fighting didn't amount to much."

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