policeman

noun

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po·lice·man | \ pə-ˈlēs-mən

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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Synonyms for policeman

Synonyms

bobby
[British],
bull
[slang],
constable
[chiefly British],
cop,
copper,
flatfoot
[slang],
fuzz,
gendarme,
lawman,
officer,
police officer,
shamus
[slang]

Examples of policeman in a Sentence

reported the crime to the nearest policeman

Recent Examples on the Web Thurman writes of a funeral for a black man who was killed by a policeman. — Dominic Pino, National Review, 27 June 2021 Four days after George Floyd was killed by a policeman in Minneapolis, protesters in Richmond, Virginia, responded to his death by targeting the city’s Confederate statues. — Karen L. Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2021 And then this guy coming with a gun out does not see the short policeman behind me. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021 One policeman was hit in his bulletproof vest in the crossfire from another IMPD officer. — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2021 In February, 2020, a rogue Afghan policeman opened fire and killed Rodriguez and Sergeant First Class Javier Gutierrez. — Robin Wrigh, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021 His handler, a Canadian policeman who drove down from Nova Scotia, was suspended from his job for leaving without permission when his department saw him on television aiding the rescue efforts. — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2021 Ebert applies a freewheeling buffoonery to Mister and, later, an opposite dimension of cruel menace to his other role, a policeman who under stress will undergo a dramatic conversion. — Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2021 An Israeli policeman was critically wounded by Palestinian gunfire during the clashes along Gaza's border with Israel. — Wafaa Shurafa, ajc, 21 Aug. 2021

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