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Definition of policeman
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
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Examples of policeman in a Sentence
reported the crime to the nearest policeman
Recent Examples of policeman from the Web
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From Canada, the grandfather called his brother-in-law, a Chicago policeman, who came to Canada and met him there, White said.
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A year earlier in the suburb of White Plains, New York, a black off-duty Mount Vernon police officer was killed by a Westchester County policeman while holding an assault suspect at gunpoint.
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Fajardo, and her husband, Cuban volleyball champ and policeman Jose Manuel Fajardo, with their eldest daughter, Gloria, came to Miami in 1959 on a $21 plane ticket after Castro took power.
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A little over 40 years ago, punk rockers in Britain began wearing a simple black leather boot originally made for policemen and postal workers, and an icon was born.
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In March, a British convert to Islam ran down people with a vehicle on Westminster Bridge, killing four, then stabbed a policeman to death outside Parliament.
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One is that women in conservative Muslim societies are often shielded, and mingling with male strangers – even policemen or security agents – without the presence of a male relative is considered taboo, and even shameful.
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The 911 dispatcher, the policeman, the fireman and the EMT.
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The plea came a day after Hanes agreed to also plead guilty to federal firearms and carjacking charges involving events that followed the Aug. 12, 2016, shooting of Hatch policeman Jose Chavez.
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First Known Use of policeman
1788
POLICEMAN Defined for English Language Learners
policeman
playDefinition of policeman for English Language Learners
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: a man who is a police officer
POLICEMAN Defined for Kids
policeman
playDefinition of policeman for Students
policemen
\-mən\: a man who is a police officer
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