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[ puh-lees-muhn ] / pəˈlis mən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR policeman ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural po·lice·men.a member of a police force or body. Ice Hockey. enforcer (def. 4). Origin of policemanFirst recorded in 1795–1805; police + -man usage note for policemanSee -man. OTHER WORDS FROM policemanpo·lice·man·like, adjectiveWords nearby policemanpolice action, police car, police court, police dog, police force, policeman, policeman's helmet, Police Motu, police officer, policeperson, police power Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for policemanEven before the shootings, New York policeman were telling the Mayor not to attend their funerals. GOP Won’t Forgive Rand for Cop Critique|Lloyd Green|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Police say Myers charged at the policeman, they wrestled, and then he shot at least three bullets before his gun jammed. The 14 Teens Killed by Cops Since Michael Brown|Nina Strochlic|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Our Pashto interpreter explained how he had pretended to be a Pakistani policeman when interested crowds approached the compound. I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The policeman then commandeers the dashcammed car and orders the driver to chase down the perp. Russian Dashcam Car Chase|Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And when a policeman rises to the top, you take care of your old buddies by turning a blind eye to their businesses. Hong Kong’s Triads Attack Protestors|Ben Leung|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST A policeman in the street had seen them hire a cab and drive away through Broadway at a rapid pace. The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler|Francis W. Doughty Before Jean could answer, the policeman stretched out his hand and touched the young woman, who had been vainly trying to get out. Mrs. Dorriman, Volume 2 of 3|Julie Bosville Chetwynd The street was quite deserted; not even a cat or a policeman moved on it and Van Bibber's footsteps sounded brisk on the sidewalk. Gallegher and Other Stories|Richard Harding Davis The children may walk in them from morning till night, and I too, if I want to, with no policeman to drive us off. The Battle with the Slum|Jacob A. Riis. Perhaps this was why a policeman on the Embankment spoke to him, and said "Good evening." The Man Who Was Thursday|G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for policemanpolicemanfeminine policewoman
noun plural -men or -womena member of a police force, esp one holding the rank of constableGender-neutral form: police officer Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to policemandetective, police, patrolman, constable, officer, man, force, corps, bluecoat, pig, blue, badge, bear, heat, bull, law, cop, bobby, fuzz, gumshoe Medical definitions for policeman
n.An instrument, usually a rubber-tipped rod, for removing solid particles from a glass container. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |