policeman

noun

(law enforcement) A police officer, usually a male.

(ice hockey) Synonym of enforcer.

(chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.

(entomology) Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.

Roots

polispolic- · Greek · city, state

Synonyms for policeman

policewomann officern copn policen constablen patrolmann gendarmen detectiven sergeantn inspectorn troopern tipstaffn lieutenantn sheriffn

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