policeman
noun
po·lice·man
pə-ˈlēs-mən 
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
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Sure enough, two policemen came to his home the next day.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
There were a couple of reasons that an Irish immigrant would want to be a policeman.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
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Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
There were a couple of reasons that an Irish immigrant would want to be a policeman.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for policeman
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policeman
noun
po·lice·man
pə-ˈlē-smən
Medical Definition
policeman
noun
po·lice·man
pə-ˈlēs-mən
plural policemen
-mən
: an instrument (as a flat piece of rubber on a glass rod) for removing solids from a vessel (as a beaker)
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