patroler

English

Etymology 1

Noun

patroler (plural patrolers)

1. Archaic form of patroller.
   • 1807, Harry Toulmin, The Statutes of the Mississippi Territory, Revised and Digested‎^[1], Samuel Terrell, printer to the Mississippi Territory, →OCLC, page 71:

     And be it further enacted, That every patroler shall be entitled to receive one dollar, for every night, or twelve hours, he shall be employed a pine as a patroler;

   • 1965, Frank Roy Johnson, Tales from Old Carolina: Traditional and Historical Sketches of the Area Between and about the Chowan River and Great Dismal Swamps‎^[2], Murfreesboro, North Carolina: Johnson Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 88, →ISBN:

     The scrawny patroler of Hall Township was called “Cracklin’ Jack” Parker, and the large muscular fellow of the Bear Garden area near Sarem in Reynoldson Township, “Bear Garden Jack” Parker.

Etymology 2

Noun

patroler

1. Misspelling of patroller.
   • 2016, Gusme Bonomi, Otis: True Sea Monsters‎^[3], Lulu Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →ISBN:

     A one-man patrol was marching down the dirt road through the woods and shrubs. The patroler held his torch high and Viriathus spotted him from a safe distance.