noun
- a person who makes regular rounds or visits, especially a police officer patrolling a beat
- a delivery person who follows a regular route
Usage: chiefly British
Usage: chiefly British
Examples
- The roundsman checked each shop on his nightly patrol.
- A police roundsman walked the neighborhood beat every evening.
- The milk roundsman delivered fresh bottles to every house on the street.
- Our local roundsman knows all the residents by name.
- The roundsman’s route covered twelve city blocks.
- She worked as a roundsman for the postal service for twenty years.