Policeman

//pəˈliːsmən// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
A police officer, usually a male.
"The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him."
2
a male member of a police force wordnet
3
A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
4
Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
5
Synonym of enforcer.
"A team may have a policeman or enforcer."

Synonyms

constable cop police officer bailiff beadle beagle

Antonyms

criminal policewoman

Example

"The thief ran away at the sight of a policeman."

Etymology

From police + -man.

Related phrases

community policeman military policeman policeman's helmet silent policeman sleeping policeman world policeman cop formal law enforcement male officer male police peace officer police force

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