policeman
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/pəˈliːsmən/
Definition of policeman
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
“Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.”
“Still agitated, she watched resentfully as two traffic policemen remounted their motorcycles.”
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noun
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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.”
“Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.”
“Still agitated, she watched resentfully as two traffic policemen remounted their motorcycles.”
- A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
- Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
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Synonym of enforcer.
“A team may have a policeman or enforcer.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From police + -man.
Words you can make from policeman
200+ playable · top: COMPLAIN (14 pts)
Best play complain 14 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
21 words- CAMPION 13 pts
- COMPILE 13 pts
- COMPLIN 13 pts
- OILCAMP 13 pts
- PEMICAN 13 pts
- POLEMIC 13 pts
- APNOEIC 11 pts
- CAPELIN 11 pts
- ENCOMIA 11 pts
- IMPANEL 11 pts
- LAMPION 11 pts
- LIMACON 11 pts
- MANIPLE 11 pts
- MELANIC 11 pts
- NOPLACE 11 pts
- PAEONIC 11 pts
- PANICLE 11 pts
- PELICAN 11 pts
- PINOCLE 11 pts
- PLEONIC 11 pts
- OPALINE 9 pts
6-letter words
40 words- COMPEL 12 pts
- COPALM 12 pts
- ENCAMP 12 pts
- POMACE 12 pts
- ANEMIC 10 pts
- ANOMIC 10 pts
- APNEIC 10 pts
- CAMION 10 pts
- CAPLIN 10 pts
- CINEMA 10 pts
- EPICAL 10 pts
- ICEMAN 10 pts
- IMPALE 10 pts
- IMPONE 10 pts
- INCOME 10 pts
- LIPOMA 10 pts
- MALICE 10 pts
- MANIOC 10 pts
- PENCIL 10 pts
- PLAICE 10 pts
- PLICAE 10 pts
- POLICE 10 pts
- AEONIC 8 pts
- ALNICO 8 pts
- ALPINE 8 pts
- ANOMIE 8 pts
- CINEOL 8 pts
- ENOLIC 8 pts
- INLACE 8 pts
- LOMEIN 8 pts
- MALINE 8 pts
- MENIAL 8 pts
- MOLINE 8 pts
- OILCAN 8 pts
- OILMAN 8 pts
- OILMEN 8 pts
- PENIAL 8 pts
- PINEAL 8 pts
- PINOLE 8 pts
- EOLIAN 6 pts
5-letter words
85 words- CAMPI 11 pts
- CAMPO 11 pts
- CLAMP 11 pts
- CLOMP 11 pts
- AMICE 9 pts
- AMNIC 9 pts
- AMPLE 9 pts
- CAMEL 9 pts
- CAMEO 9 pts
- CAPON 9 pts
- CELOM 9 pts
- CLAIM 9 pts
- CLIME 9 pts
- COMAE 9 pts
- COMAL 9 pts
- COPAL 9 pts
- COPEN 9 pts
- IMPEL 9 pts
- LIMPA 9 pts
- MACLE 9 pts
- MACON 9 pts
- MALIC 9 pts
- MANIC 9 pts
- MAPLE 9 pts
- MELIC 9 pts
- MILPA 9 pts
- MINCE 9 pts
- MONIC 9 pts
- PANIC 9 pts
- PECAN 9 pts
- PICAL 9 pts
- PLACE 9 pts
- PLICA 9 pts
- PONCE 9 pts
- AMINE 7 pts
- AMINO 7 pts
- AMNIO 7 pts
- AMOLE 7 pts
- ANIME 7 pts
- CANOE 7 pts
- CLEAN 7 pts
- CLINE 7 pts
- CLONE 7 pts
- COLIN 7 pts
- EMAIL 7 pts
- ILEAC 7 pts
- INCEL 7 pts
- LANCE 7 pts
- LAPIN 7 pts
- LEMAN 7 pts
- LEMON 7 pts
- LIMAN 7 pts
- LIMEN 7 pts
- LINAC 7 pts
- LOCIE 7 pts
- MAILE 7 pts
- MELON 7 pts
- MINAE 7 pts
- MONIE 7 pts
- NICOL 7 pts
- NOPAL 7 pts
- OCEAN 7 pts
- OLEIC 7 pts
- OPINE 7 pts
- PAEON 7 pts
- PALEO 7 pts
- PANEL 7 pts
- PELON 7 pts
- PENAL 7 pts
- PIANO 7 pts
- PILEA 7 pts
- PLAIN 7 pts
- PLANE 7 pts
- PLENA 7 pts
- PLEON 7 pts
- ALIEN 5 pts
- ALINE 5 pts
- ALOIN 5 pts
- ALONE 5 pts
- ANILE 5 pts
- ANOLE 5 pts
- ELAIN 5 pts
- ELOIN 5 pts
- LIANE 5 pts
- OLEIN 5 pts
4-letter words
51 words- CAMP 10 pts
- COMP 10 pts
- ACME 8 pts
- CALM 8 pts
- CAME 8 pts
- CAMI 8 pts
- CAMO 8 pts
- CAPE 8 pts
- CAPO 8 pts
- CLAM 8 pts
- CLAP 8 pts
- CLIP 8 pts
- CLOP 8 pts
- COMA 8 pts
- COME 8 pts
- COPE 8 pts
- COPI 8 pts
- EMIC 8 pts
- EPIC 8 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- AMEN 6 pts
- AMIE 6 pts
- AMIN 6 pts
- CAIN 6 pts
- CALO 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- CEIL 6 pts
- CIAO 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CION 6 pts
- CLAN 6 pts
- CLON 6 pts
- COAL 6 pts
- COIL 6 pts
- COIN 6 pts
- COLA 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- CONE 6 pts
- CONI 6 pts
- ICON 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LAIC 6 pts
- AEON 4 pts
- ALOE 4 pts
- ANIL 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
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