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policeman

 
Dictionary: po·lice·man   (pə-lēs'mən) pronunciation
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A man who is a member of a police force.


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noun

    A member of a law-enforcement agency: bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, police officer, policewoman. Informal cop, law. Slang bull1, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase). Chiefly British bobby, constable, peeler. See law.

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IN BRIEF: A member of the department of government that enforces the law and investigates crimes.

pronunciation All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. — Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - politibetjent

Nederlands (Dutch)
politieagent, politieman

Français (French)
n. - agent de police

Deutsch (German)
n. - Polizist, Polizeibeamter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αστυνομικός

Italiano (Italian)
poliziotto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - policial (m)

Русский (Russian)
полицейский

Español (Spanish)
n. - policía, agente de policía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - polis(man), poliskonstapel

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
警察

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 警察

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 경찰관, 순경

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 警官

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شرطي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שוטר‬


 
 
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