Policeman

  • 11policeman —   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

  • 12policeman — 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

  • 13policeman — n. 1) a military policeman (abbreviated as MP) 2) see police officer * * * [pə liːsmən] see police officer a military policeman (abbreviated as MP) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 14Policeman, Mr —    A nonce name used to a policeman in Dover One, by Joyce Porter. The Choirboys, by Joseph Wambaugh, has ‘Mr Police’ used to a Los Angeles policeman by ‘a black child about five years old’ …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 15policeman — noun a) A member of a police force, especially one who is male. b) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis …

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  • 16policeman — (entrée créée par le supplément) (po li se mann ) s. m. Nom anglais des agents de surveillance que nous appelons sergents de ville.    Au plur. Policemen (qu on prononce po li se mèn ). •   Impassibles, l oeil aux aguets, résignés au sort qui&#8230; …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 17policeman — Synonyms and related words: Dogberry, G man, John Law, MP, bailiff, beadle, beagle, bluebottle, bluecoat, bobby, bound bailiff, bull, captain, catchpole, chief of police, commissioner, constable, cop, copper, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18policeman — I policeman, policewoman (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. patrolman or woman, officer (see safety). II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A member of a law enforcement agency: blue coat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer …

    English dictionary for students

  • 19policeman — [[t]pəli͟ːsmən[/t]] ♦♦♦ policemen N COUNT A policeman is a man who is a member of the police force …

    English dictionary

  • 20policeman — n constable, officer, officer of the law, peace officer, keeper of the peace, law enforcement agent, bluecoat, Fr. gendarme, It. carabiniere; patrolman, roundsman; traffic cop, Brit. pointsman; sherriff, marshal; military policeman, MP; All Inf.&#8230; …

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