Dixonian UK /dɪkˈsəʊ.ni.ən/US /dɪkˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ adjective2 •(UK) Pertaining to a traditional form of local policing, focused on officers walking the beat.We have presented a model of policing to the public, a Dixonian model, which is oversimplified. It is about bobbies on the beat and their front police station counter. — 2008 •Of, relating to or formulated by Alfred Dixon.