An officer appointed to maintain the peace.
| 单词 | θ174544 |
| 释义 | society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] (99) grithsergeant1293 An officer appointed to maintain the peace. Officer of the Lawc1380 A person who holds a particular office, post, or place. A person who holds a public, civil, or ecclesiastical office or appointment; a servant or… peace officer1649 A civil officer appointed to preserve the public peace, as a constable, etc. Cf. officer of the peace at peace, n. 1b. town officer1667 In Scotland: an officer of the town guard (town guard n. at town, n. compounds 1b), responsible for keeping public order. Now historical. constable?c1682 An officer of the peace. (See Sir J. Stephen Hist. Crim. Law, I. vii. 194–200.) In the Channel Islands, the elected chief officer of a parish; in… myrmidon1699 Chiefly derogatory. A police officer, bailiff, or other law enforcement officer. More fully myrmidon of the law, myrmidon of justice. Now archaic and… limb of the law1730 In uses originally figurative (cf. member, v.2). limb of the law: a derisive name for a legal functionary of any kind, e.g. a lawyer, a police… ossifer1819 An officer, esp. in the police or armed forces. eirenarch1867 An officer charged with preserving the public peace. Keystone1929 slang (originally U.S.). A police officer, esp. one in uniform. Cf. Keystone cop n. at sense 2. lawman1959 A law enforcement officer. colloquial. Subcategories:— specifically in U.S. (6) — specifically in Orkney and Shetland (3) — constable (22) — appointed at court-leet (5) — armed with club (2) — of forest (1) — one who represses crime (1) — vigilante committee (10) — force patrolling roads (1) — body of men summoned as posse (3) — specific volunteer police force (2) — municipal watchman (5) — quasi-military guard of town (2) — guard policing garrison town (1) — watchman on border (1) — body employed to prevent smuggling (1) — river-policeman (3) — enforcer of laws relating to fishing (3) — officer enforcing publishing licence (1) — one who detects and captures thieves (3) — pursuer of criminals for reward (1) — one whose duty is arresting offenders (9) — university policeman (2) |
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