policeman

policeman
Synonyms and related words:
Dogberry, G-man, John Law, MP, bailiff, beadle, beagle, bluebottle, bluecoat, bobby, bound bailiff, bull, captain, catchpole, chief of police, commissioner, constable, cop, copper, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, fed, federal, flatfoot, flic, fuzz, gendarme, government man, gumshoe, heat, inspector, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, man, marshal, mounted policeman, nab, narc, officer, paddy, patrolman, peace officer, peeler, pig, police, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policewoman, portreeve, reeve, roundsman, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, superintendent, tipstaff, tipstaves, trap, trooper

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  • policeman — [ pɔlisman ] n. m. • 1834; mot angl. , de police et man « homme » ♦ Agent de police, en Grande Bretagne et dans les pays britanniques. Des policemans ou des policemen [ pɔlismɛn ]. ● policeman, policemen ou policemans nom masculin (ang …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • policeman — LÍS MEN/ s. m. agent de poliţie. (< engl. policeman) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • Policeman — Po*lice man, n.; pl. {Policemen}. A member of a body of police; a constable. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • policeman — index peace officer Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • policeman — (n.) 1829, from POLICE (Cf. police) (n.) + MAN (Cf. man) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • policeman — policeman, policewoman Both terms are tending to be replaced by the gender neutral term police officer. In the UK, an officer holding the rank of constable is a police constable (PC) or woman police constable (WPC) …   Modern English usage

  • policeman — (or policewoman) ► NOUN ▪ a member of a police force …   English terms dictionary

  • policeman — [pə lēs′mən, pō lēsmən; ] often [ plēsmən] n. pl. policemen [pə lēs′mən, pō lēsmən; ] often [ plēsmən] a member of a police force …   English World dictionary

  • policeman — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ senior ▪ ordinary ▪ the duties of the ordinary policeman ▪ local ▪ uniformed ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • policeman */*/ — UK [pəˈliːsmən] / US [pəˈlɪsmən] noun [countable] Word forms policeman : singular policeman plural policemen UK [pəˈliːsmən] / US [pəˈlɪsmən] a male police officer • See: sleeping policeman …   English dictionary

  • policeman —   Māka i; kaiko (rare).    ♦ To appoint as a policeman, ho omāka i.    ♦ Traffic policeman, māka i kū huina.    ♦ Policeman s club, newa, lā au māka i …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

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