| 单词 | θ174488 |
| 释义 | society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman (203) truncheon officer1708 runner1735 Originally: †a prison guard (obsolete). Later: a low-ranked police officer, esp. one charged with detective work. Now historical. horny1753 A policeman. slang. nibbing-cull1775 A police officer; = nabman, n. nabbing-cull1780 A police officer; = nabman, n. police officer1784 †(a) an official with responsibility for the maintenance of public order (obsolete); (b) a member of a police force; a constable. police constable1787 policeman1788 A member of a police force; a (male) police officer. scout1789 One who keeps watch upon the actions of another; a watchman. †Formerly often in opprobrious sense: A mean spy, a ‘sneak’: cf. scout, n.2 Also spec.… nabman1792 A police officer; a constable. Cf. nab, n.3 nabber1795 A person who nabs someone or something; a bailiff, police officer, etc.; a thief. pig1811 slang (derogatory). A police officer. Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 A police officer or detective. peeler1816 Originally: a member of the Irish constabulary. Later: (more gen.) a police officer; spec. a member of the original London Metropolitan force. split1819 slang. An informer; a detective; a policeman. grunter1823 slang. A policeman. robin redbreast1824 British slang. A police officer. Cf. redbreast, n. 2. historical and with capital initials in later use. bulky1828 A policeman. raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 A contemptuous name for: A British soldier. The name was originally applied to a regiment of Roundhead cuirassiers from their wearing complete… Johnny Darm1830 In France or a French-speaking country: a paramilitary police officer, a gendarme. Also formerly: (in England) a policeman. Cf. Johnny, n. 2f. polis1833 The police; a police officer. crusher1835 slang. A policeman. constable1839 An officer of the peace. (See Sir J. Stephen Hist. Crim. Law, I. vii. 194–200.) Now, esp., a police constable, a member of the constabulary or police… police1839 regional (chiefly Scottish, U.S., West African, and Caribbean). As a count noun: a police officer. agent1841 In France or French-speaking contexts: an agent of the law; a policeman. johndarm1843 A police officer. blue boy1844 slang. A policeman. Also as a nickname. Usually in plural. Cf. boys in blue n. (c) at blue, adj. n.phrases 7b. bobby1844 A slang nickname for a policeman. See also peeler, n.3 bluebottle1845 (A nickname for) a person who wears blue clothing or a blue uniform; spec. †(a) a beadle (obsolete); (b) a policeman. Cf. blue coat, n. 2b. copper1846 A policeman; also attributive, as in copperstick, a policeman's truncheon. Hence, one who informs on fellow prisoners; a police informant; esp. to co… blue1848 A person in a blue uniform. A police officer. polisman1850 = policeman, n. blue coat1851 Now usually in form bluecoat. A person whose uniform includes or is distinguished by a blue coat. An agent of the authorities, an official; spec.… Johnny1851 In specific uses. Sometimes as an abbreviation of the fuller names treated at compounds 1. British and Australian slang. Also with lower-case… PC1851 Police Constable. spot1851 A police officer or detective. Obsolete. Jack1854 slang. A policeman or detective; (Australian) a military policeman. Cf. John, n. 3. Now chiefly historical. truncheonist1854 = truncheoner n. fly1857 slang. A policeman. Cf. bluebottle, n. 2. greycoat1857 A member of a military or police force whose uniform includes, or consists of, a grey coat; spec. (U.S.) a soldier of the Confederate army in the… cop1859 A policeman. cops and robbers (originally U.S.): a children's game in which ‘police’ hunt ‘robbers’; also (? nonce-use) cops and thieves and trans… Cossack1859 slang. A policeman; esp. a member of an armed strike-breaking force (from the similar use of Cossacks in imperial Russia). Also attributive. slop1859 A policeman. scuffer1860 A policeman. nailerc1863 Extended uses. slang. A police officer, detective. Now rare. worm1864 figurative. slang. A policeman. Robert1870 British slang. A police officer. Cf. bobby, n. 1. Now rare. reeler1879 A policeman. minion of the law1882 Chiefly derogatory. minion of the law n. a police officer. Usually in plural. ginger pop1887 slang. A policeman. Obsolete. rare. rozzer1888 A policeman, a detective. nark1890 A police officer. bull1893 slang. A policeman. U.S. slang. grasshopper1893 British slang (chiefly Criminals' slang). Now somewhat rare. A police officer; = copper, n.4 Cf. grass, n.1 12b. truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 Chiefly Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. A police officer or military police officer (esp. a male). Occasionally spec.: a detective. Cf. John Hop n.… finger1899 Originally and chiefly Criminals' slang (chiefly North American). A (uniformed) police officer; (also) a prison officer. Now rare. flatty1899 A policeman. Cf. flat-foot, n. 2d. mug1903 A person, fellow, chap (now archaic); spec. (a) a rough or ugly person; a criminal; (b) Criminals' slang a person who is not part of the… John Dunn1904 Australian and New Zealand. A police officer. Now rare. John Hop1905 a (male) police officer or military police officer; cf. johnop, n., Johnny Hop n. at Johnny, n. compounds 2. gendarme1906 A policeman. slang. Johnny Hop1908 (a generic name for) a policeman; = John Hop n. at John, n. compounds 1a; cf. sense 2f. pavement pounder1908 a person who habitually walks or runs in the street; spec. (a) a beat police officer; (b) a prostitute; (c) a jogger, a road runner. buttons1911 slang. U.S. A uniformed police officer. Cf. button, n. 18 Now disused. flat-foot1913 A policeman, a plain-clothes man. (Cf. flatty, n.2 3) slang (originally U.S.). pounder1919 U.S. slang. A police officer; esp. one who patrols on foot. Cf. pavement pounder n. at pavement, n. compounds 2. Hop1923 A policeman. bogy1925 Criminals' slang. A detective; a policeman. shamus1925 A police officer; a private detective. heat1928 slang (originally U.S.), in various interconnected senses, notably (a) a gun (? as an instrument of ‘heat’); cf. heater, n. 1b; (b) in to turn on (or… fuzz1929 A policeman or detective (see also quot. 1931); frequently collective, the police. law1929 colloquial (originally U.S.). A policeman, the police; a sheriff. narker1932 = nark, n. 2. roach1932 slang. A policeman, a guard. Now rare. jonnop1938 A policeman. grass1939 British slang (originally Criminals' slang). A police officer. Cf. grasshopper, n. 11a. rare. roller1940 U.S. Chiefly in African-American use: a policeman; (also) a prison guard. Babylon1943 Chiefly Jamaican (esp. in the context of Rastafarianism). A contemptuous or dismissive term for: anything regarded as representing the degenerate… walloper1945 Australian slang. A policeman. cozzer1950 A policeman; a detective. Old Bill1958 British slang. A police officer. cowboy1959 slang. A policeman. monaych1961 The police. Also as a count noun: a police officer. cozzpot1962 A policeman. policeperson1965 A policeman or policewoman; a police officer. woolly1965 A uniformed policeman. slang. Fed1966 Originally slang (Australian and British). A police officer. In plural with the: the police. wolly1970 A uniformed police officer. Cf. woolly, n. 3. plod1971 British slang. More fully P.C. Plod. A policeman, a police officer, esp. a police constable. Also: the police. Frequently humorous or mildly derog… roz1971 = rozzer, n. Smokey Bear1974 A state policeman; collective state police. bear1975 slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A police officer, spec. a highway patrol officer; = Smokey Bear, n. 2. Cf. to feed the bears at feed, v. 1f. beast1978 Chiefly Caribbean slang (derogatory). Usually with the. The police. Also: a police officer. woodentop1981 (a) a uniformed policeman; (b) a dim-wit. Five-O1983 A police officer or detective; (usually with the) the police. dibble1990 With the and plural agreement: the police. Also as a count noun: a police officer. Bow-street runner- A police officer. Subcategories:— mode of address to (2) — office of or fact of being (2) — woman (5) — in specific country (18) — rural (2) — town or village (2) — mobile (13) — on railways (2) — traffic policeman (9) — who patrols (2) — with other specific duties (8) — policeman of specific rank (16) — head of police force (11) — other types of policeman (12) |
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