policeman

A2
US /pəˈliːsmən/
noun Freq #3406

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A police officer, usually a male.

    The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.

  2. 2
    noun

    Synonym of enforcer.

    A team may have a policeman or enforcer.

  3. 3
    noun

    a member of a police force

  4. 4
    noun

    A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.

  5. 5
    noun

    Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.

Etymology

From police + -man.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a police officer, usually a... police officer
2 noun · synonym of enforcer. enforcer
3 noun · a member of a police force officer
4 noun · a glass rod capped at one... rubber policeman
Word family
Derived forms policemanishpolicemanlikepolicemanlypolicemanship
Related forms constable

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