bobby

n. Chiefly British, pl., -bies.
A police officer.

[After Sir Robert PEEL, home secretary of England when the Metropolitan Police Force was created in 1829.]

(BOB-ee)

noun
British: A policeman.

Etymology
After Sir Robert Peel, who was Great Britain's Home Secretary when the 1828 Metropolitan Police Act was passed.

Usage
"The fish and chip shop may be as 'Truly British' as the bobbies patrolling in their pointed black helmets, but the tidy streets, royalist sentiments and low crime rate hark back to an era that faded away decades ago in Britain." — Emma Daly, Gibraltar Residents Fight for Identity, The New York Times, Apr 30, 2002.

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noun

A member of a law-enforcement agency: bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman. Informal cop, law. Slang bull, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase). Chiefly British constable, peeler. See law.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bobby, politibetjent

idioms:

• bobby pin    hårklemme
• bobby socks    ankelsokker

Nederlands (Dutch)
agent

Français (French)
n. - agent de police

idioms:

• bobby pin    épingle à nourrice, (US) pince à cheveux
• bobby socks    (US) socquettes (de fille)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Polizist

idioms:

• bobby pin    Haarklemme
• bobby socks    Söckchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αστυφύλακας, αστυνομικός

idioms:

• bobby pin    βελόνα των μαλλιών
• bobby socks    σοσόνια, κοντές κάλτσες

Italiano (Italian)
vigile

idioms:

• bobby pin    molletta per capelli
• bobby socks    calzini

Português (Portuguese)
n. - policial inglês (coloq.) (Ingl.)

idioms:

• bobby pin    grampo (m) para cabelo
• bobby socks    meia (f) soquete

Русский (Russian)
полицейский

idioms:

• bobby pin    шпилька, заколка для волос
• bobby socks    короткие носки

Español (Spanish)
n. - policía, guardia

idioms:

• bobby pin    horquilla de pelo
• bobby socks    calcetines cortos, tobilleras

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - polisman

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
警察

idioms:

• bobby pin    发夹
• bobby socks    短袜

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 警察

idioms:

• bobby pin    髮夾
• bobby socks    短襪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 경관

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 警官

idioms:

• bobby pin    ボビーピン
• bobby socks    ボビーソックス

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شرطي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שוטר‬

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bobby bland	bobby valentino
bobby helms	bobby darin