What does policeman mean?

Definitions for policeman
pəˈlis mənpo·lice·man

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word policeman.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. policeman, police officer, officernoun

    a member of a police force

    "it was an accident, officer"

Wiktionary

  1. policemannoun

    A member of a police force, especially one who is male.

  2. policemannoun

    A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.

Wikipedia

  1. policeman

    A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the rank "officer" is legally reserved for military personnel. Police officers are generally charged with the apprehension of suspects and the prevention, detection, and reporting of crime, protection and assistance of the general public, and the maintenance of public order. Police officers may be sworn to an oath, and have the power to arrest people and detain them for a limited time, along with other duties and powers. Some officers are trained in special duties, such as counter-terrorism, surveillance, child protection, VIP protection, civil law enforcement, and investigation techniques into major crime including fraud, rape, murder, and drug trafficking. Although many police officers wear a corresponding uniform, some police officers are plain-clothed in order to pass themselves off as members of the public. In most countries police officers are given exemptions from certain laws to perform their duties. For example an officer may use force if necessary to arrest or detain a person when it would ordinarily be assault. In some countries, officers can also break road rules to perform their duties.

ChatGPT

  1. policeman

    A policeman is a male member of a police force, a governmental organization responsible for maintaining public order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing laws. Policemen have the duty to protect individuals and the community, respond to emergency situations, arrest suspects, and sometimes testify in court. They may also patrol assigned areas, issue fines for infractions, and conduct investigations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Policemannoun

    a member of a body of police; a constable

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. POLICEMAN

    A never present help in time of trouble.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'policeman' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4534

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'policeman' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2642

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'policeman' in Nouns Frequency: #1291

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of policeman in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of policeman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of policeman in a Sentence

  1. Metropolitan Police:

    I saw one injured policeman with an injury to his arm, although it didn't look severe. He was being tended to by another officer.

  2. Le Maire:

    Are we going to allow the United States to be the economic policeman of the world? The answer is no, strengthening that 1996 rule ... would allow us to take charge ourselves of the cost of any potential sanctions paid by firms, which could therefore be paid for on their behalf by the European Union.

  3. Vice President Biden:

    What I came away with was the overwhelming sense of resilience and optimism that they have about the kind of response they're getting, his mom talked about -- my wife asked to say a prayer. And his mom said a prayer. She said,' I'm praying for Jacob Blake and I'm praying for the policeman as well. I'm praying that things change.'.

  4. Kacey Wong:

    I created this candle in the form of a policeman holding a stick, and you can light it up so the fire actually melts the form away and transforms into light, so it's like a transformation through destruction.

  5. Etienne Cardiles:

    When the first messages were issued informing Parisians that a serious event was taking place on the Champs-Élysées, and that a policeman had lost his life, a little voice inside told me that it was you.

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