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noun
Date: 1801
1. a member of a police force
2. one held to resemble a policeman <making the United States the policeman for the whole wide world — R. B. Long>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
policeman
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policeman — [ pɔlisman ] n. m. • 1834; mot angl. , de police et man « homme » ♦ Agent de police, en Grande Bretagne et dans les pays britanniques. Des policemans ou des policemen [ pɔlismɛn ]. ● policeman, policemen ou policemans nom masculin (ang … Encyclopédie Universelle
policeman — LÍS MEN/ s. m. agent de poliţie. (< engl. policeman) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
Policeman — Po*lice man, n.; pl. {Policemen}. A member of a body of police; a constable. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
policeman — index peace officer Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
policeman — (n.) 1829, from POLICE (Cf. police) (n.) + MAN (Cf. man) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
policeman — policeman, policewoman Both terms are tending to be replaced by the gender neutral term police officer. In the UK, an officer holding the rank of constable is a police constable (PC) or woman police constable (WPC) … Modern English usage
policeman — (or policewoman) ► NOUN ▪ a member of a police force … English terms dictionary
policeman — [pə lēs′mən, pō lēsmən; ] often [ plēsmən] n. pl. policemen [pə lēs′mən, pō lēsmən; ] often [ plēsmən] a member of a police force … English World dictionary
policeman — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ senior ▪ ordinary ▪ the duties of the ordinary policeman ▪ local ▪ uniformed ▪ … Collocations dictionary
policeman */*/ — UK [pəˈliːsmən] / US [pəˈlɪsmən] noun [countable] Word forms policeman : singular policeman plural policemen UK [pəˈliːsmən] / US [pəˈlɪsmən] a male police officer • See: sleeping policeman … English dictionary
policeman — Māka i; kaiko (rare). ♦ To appoint as a policeman, ho omāka i. ♦ Traffic policeman, māka i kū huina. ♦ Policeman s club, newa, lā au māka i … English-Hawaiian dictionary
