tanod
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tanod (plural tanods)
- (Philippines) A low-level law enforcement officer
Bikol Central edit
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tanod
Cebuano edit
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tanod
- a person that does policing and watchman duties under the barangay captain, either voluntarily or compensated, but are not members of the country's police force
- a neighborhood watch
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Etymology edit
Compare Bikol Central tanod and Cebuano tanod.
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tanod (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈᜓᜇ᜔)
- guard; sentinel; watcher; watchman; warden
- (strictly) tanod (lowest level of law enforcement officer in the barangay level in the Philippines)
- act, turn, or time of guarding
- Synonyms: pagguwardiya, pagtaliba, pagsentinela