policeman

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈliːsmən/

Noun

policeman (plural policemen)

1. A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
2. (chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
3. (entomology) Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
4. (ice hockey) Synonym of enforcer#English|enforcer
   • 2002, P. J. Harari, ‎Dave Ominsky, Ice Hockey Made Simple: A Spectator's Guide (page 26)

     A team may have a policeman or enforcer.

Synonyms

• (member of a police force) See Thesaurus:police officer
• (glass rod with rubber cap) rubber policeman

Synonyms

• (member of a police force) police officer

Translations

• French: policier, gendarme
• German: Polizist, Polizeibeamter, Polizeimann (Switzerland), Polizeikraft (rare/uncommon, nonstandard)
• Italian: poliziotto, agente, gendarme, carabiniere
• Portuguese: policial
• Russian: полице́йский
• Spanish: policía, agente, agente de policía, pitufo (Spain, derogatory)

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