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bluecoat

noun

Definition of bluecoatnext
as in officer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluecoat
  1. officer
  2. policeman
  3. constable
  4. copper
  5. cop
  6. bobby
  7. trooper
  8. gendarme
Noun
  • Bass is particularly concerned by the relative lack of specialized intervention training for patrol officers who respond to the vast majority of service calls.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The officer instead advised her to go through the proper channels to start the eviction process.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of officer
Noun
  • This week her ex-husband, his brother and their father – a former policeman – will go on trial in proceedings expected to last at least 45 days.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • One of Sanchez’s associates shot at the policemen, who returned fire.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of policeman
Noun
  • Jenna Ziviani, a constable at the police station, helped deliver Lyla while receiving guidance from an ambulance officer on the phone.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Thompson alerted a town administrator and special constable named Sherise Fountain, who went to investigate.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of constable
Noun
  • Humming Along Geekom’s thermal solution for this PC consists of two copper heatpipes, a thin heatsink, and a fan to push air through the heatsink.
    — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
  • After making the deal with CBS, a local ranger knocks on Kaczynski’s cabin door and claims that local copper miners are interested in inspecting the property lines around the land.
    — Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of copper
Noun
  • The cops arrived and compared notes with Lojo and her colleagues.
    — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • He was arrested with the blade on his person after the third victim flagged down cops.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of cop
Noun
  • Indeed, the iconic image of the unarmed British bobby was a product of this trust.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2026
  • The great theme of the recent Tory conference was providing reassurance—putting more bobbies on the beat, building more hospitals, raising the minimum wage and otherwise spraying money all over the place.
    — The Economist, The Economist, 12 Oct. 2019
Definition of bobby
Noun
  • After conducting a traffic stop, troopers determined that the vehicle was not registered.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Stein previously ordered flags lowered to half-staff for a state trooper killed in a crash and after a state representative died from cancer, The N&O reported.
    — Anna Roman, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of trooper
Noun
  • During the Paris Commune of 1871, a socialist tailor named Herminie Cadolle experimented with corset design in the hope of allowing women to move around more freely and, presumably, evade the gendarmes.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Lucienne, a mountain girl charmed by Ortiz, eased their passage by bribing the right gendarme.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of gendarme
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“Bluecoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluecoat. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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