Dixonian

Meaning

Adjective

  • Pertaining to a traditional form of local policing, focused on officers walking the beat.
  • Of, relating to or formulated by Alfred Dixon.

Origin

  • Dixon + -ian. From the BBC drama series Dixon of Dock Green.
  • From Alfred Dixon, English mathematician

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