English Explanatory Dictionary

policeman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A police officer, usually a male.
  2. A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
  3. Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
  4. Synonym of enforcer.

Pronunciation

/pəˈliːsmən/ en-us-policeman.ogg En-uk-policeman.ogg

Word forms

policeman policemen

Etymology

From police + -man.

Synonyms

police officer rubber policeman enforcer

Related words

constable

Derived words

community policeman military policeman policemanish policemanlike policemanly policeman of the Gulf policeman's helmet policemanship silent policeman sleeping policeman world policeman
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