Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A man who is a member of a police force.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of the ordinary police, whose duty it usually is to patrol a certain beat for a fixed period, for the protection of property and for the arrest of offenders, and to see that the peace is kept.
- n. In entomology, a soldier-ant.
- n. In coal-mining, a wood or iron guard around or covering the mouth of a pit, or placed at mid-workings.
- n. A kind of swab, used for cleaning vials, etc., made by slipping a piece of rubber tubing over the end of a glass rod.
Wiktionary
- n. A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
- n. chemistry A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A member of a body of police; a constable.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a member of a police force
Etymologies
- police + -man (Wiktionary)
Examples
“i have a story that is slightly similar (only without the abduction part). when i was sixteen, a london policeman became very enamored of me when i was staying at my grandparents, and so decided to find out where i lived (80 miles from London) and stalk me each day after school. he was a *policeman* for chrissakes. (and 32, EWWW).”
“Calm, confident collected — and ready to admit to any traffic offense because the policeman is a good policeman who is doing a good job and would not lie or be mistaken about anything.”
“In this context (your response, Mr. Voice), do you imply that "policeman" is not?”
How Many Times Can Allen Hancock Abuse His Police Power and Still Get Paid?
“There are two main protagonists, both outsiders as far as the Establishment is concerned - one is a professional policeman from the 'working' classes; and the other, of a socially higher class, is a woman.”
“As for civilians, I recommend that they carry a gun because a policeman is too heavy.”
“The purpose of the statistical policeman is to separate the true positives from the false ones.”
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“I stand for justice done on BOTH sides and if the policeman is found guilty of assault, I will accept that wholeheartedly.”
“The policeman is not a policeman, he is a protester dressed as a policeman trying to make the police look bad?”
“Both believe that Brano Sev, their enigmatic superior and himself a career secret policeman, is keeping them in the dark both about the details of the case and all its players and about the true motives of their investigation, but they cant figure out why.”
“When the hero receives a critical assist from the kindly reservation police chief, the text offers a quick aside that the policeman is so strong because he's "a lean-meat and veggies man.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘policeman’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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butterflies, moths etc
harlequin metalmark, policeman, razorbill, common evening Brown, large blue, little bride unde..., little nymph unde..., plain golden Y, common mormon, skullcap skeleton..., Beautiful Golden Y, uncertain owlet and 170 more...
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INTERP - sexist language
Problematic and recommended terms according to the EP's guide on gender neutral language use
writer, waitress, waiter, usher, mayor, head, chair, staff, nurse, actor, gender-neutral la..., biased and 103 more...
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Job names
accountant, salesman, actor, galley slave, actress, captain, lumberjack, janitor, judge, policeman, reporter, anchor and 7 more...
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Unneutered
These politically incorrect words for people contain the element 'man', 'son', or 'boy'.
parson, person, layman, businessman, clergyman, chairman, cameraman, craftsman, craftsmanship, fireman, fisherman, gunman and 50 more...
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
taxman, salesman, common man, spaceman, neolithic man, straw man, seaman, fireman, spiderman, overman, old man, con man and 373 more...
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Best words in Beatles songs
kaleidoscope, plasticine, porters, tangerine, marmalade, cellophane, turnstile, marshmallow, lingers, slither, restless, limitless and 91 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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My Dogs' Words
treat, potty, outside, mommie, mommielina, mommierenee, kisses, yes, no, love, sit, down and 186 more...
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Under Milk Wood
moonless, night, starless, bible-black, cobblestreets, silent, hunched, courters-and-rabbits, invisible, limping, sloeblack, crowblack and 95 more...
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vowelful
words with alot of one particular vowel or a series of "ordered" vowels
catamaran, maharajah, paratarajas, arawakan, aramaean, eleven, eyelet, zebedee, deseret, nemeses, levesel, lexemes and 82 more...
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role calls
waiter, surveyor, policeman, monmouth supporter, respectable farmer, (bank manager), businessman, upmarket neighbour, arnold bishop
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