Meaning of Policeman | Babel Free

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.

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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.”

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