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policeman

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See also:police man

English

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A Germanpoliceman

Etymology

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Frompolice +‎-man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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policeman (pluralpolicemen)

  1. (law enforcement) Apolice officer, usually amale.
    • 1941,George Orwell,The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. I:
      Thepoliceman whoarrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position asbodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 19, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for anykudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took thepoliceman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded histunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
    • 2000,JG Ballard,Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published2011, page378:
      Still agitated, she watched resentfully as two trafficpolicemen remounted their motorcycles.
  2. (chemistry) Aglassrod capped at one end withrubber, used in achemistrylaboratory forgravimetric analysis.
  3. (entomology) Anyskipper of thegenusCoeliades.
  4. (ice hockey)Synonym ofenforcer.
    • 2002, P. J. Harari, Dave Ominsky,Ice Hockey Made Simple: A Spectator's Guide, page26:
      A team may have apoliceman or enforcer.

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Translations

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member of a police forceseepolice officer

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French

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishpoliceman.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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policeman m (pluralpolicemans)

  1. policeman (in Anglophone countries)
    • 1968,Serge Gainsbourg, “Bonnie and Clyde”, inInitials B.B., performed by Serge Gainsbourg ft.Brigitte Bardot:
      Chaque fois qu'unpoliceman se fait buter[]
      Every time apoliceman gets done in []

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