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Meaning of Policeman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pəˈliːsmən

Definitions

  1. A police officer, usually a male.
  2. A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
  3. Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
  4. Synonym of enforcer.

Equivalents

Examples

“The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.”
“Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.”
“Still agitated, she watched resentfully as two traffic policemen remounted their motorcycles.”
“A team may have a policeman or enforcer.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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