policeman

noun

po·​lice·​man pə-ˈlēs-mən How to pronounce policeman (audio)
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1
: a member of a police force
2
: one held to resemble a policeman
… making the United States the policeman for the whole wide world.—R. B. Long

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reported the crime to the nearest policeman
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This hint of connection between them is later made concrete when, at the demonstration, the two are complicit in an act of defiance — throwing a cobblestone at a policeman, badly injuring him — and must skip town for the night. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 Walter Kale / Chicago Tribune A policeman scans the roof of the Cabrini-Green housing project with a sniper scope on a rifle on July 17, 1970. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 The third tense exchange was between Flávio Bolsonaro and the mother of a 5-year-old who was killed in a shootout that involved a policeman who had the presidential candidate as his lawyer. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Onlookers and policemen rushed to the balloon’s basket to find the three men lying crumpled on the ground. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for policeman

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First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of policeman was in 1788

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policeman

noun
po·​lice·​man pə-ˈlēs-mən How to pronounce policeman (audio)
plural policemen -mən How to pronounce policeman (audio)
: an instrument (as a flat piece of rubber on a glass rod) for removing solids from a vessel (as a beaker)
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