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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 935 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PATROL, (Fr. patrouiller, connected with See also:pane, See also:foot) , a verb meaning to move up and down or See also:traverse a specified " See also:round " or " See also:beat " in a See also:district in a See also:town, See also:camp or other See also:place, or on a stretch of See also:water on a See also:river or See also:sea, for the purpose of watching and protecting the same, or for reconnoitring the See also:numbers or positions of an enemy. As a substantive the See also:term is used of the detachment of troops or See also:police employed.

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