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Webster 1913 Edition


Policeman

Po-lice′man

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Noun.
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pl.
Policemen
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A member of a body of police; a constable.

Definition 2024


policeman

policeman

See also: police man

English

Noun

policeman (plural policemen)

  1. A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess:
      Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
  2. (chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.

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  • (member of a police force): See Wikisaurus:police officer
  • (glass rod with rubber cap): rubber policeman

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French

Noun

policeman m (plural policemans)

  1. policeman (in Anglophone countries)