Meaning of Polis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Greek city-state.
   historical
2. The police.
   Geordie, Ireland, Scotland, uncountable
3. A town and municipality of Paphos district, Cyprus; in full, Polis Chrysochous.
4. A police officer.
   Geordie, Ireland, Scotland, countable
5. A surname.

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Examples

“By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance.”

“Even in his Ma's womb, you would have had to define Spud less as a foetus, more as a set of dormant drug and personality problems. He'd probably draw the polis onto them through knocking a saltcellar out of the Little Chef.”

“Don't even think about the odds that Bobby Schmautz of Vancouver Canucks would score the winning goal or that Greg Polis of Pittsburgh Penguins would win the car.”

“Carol Polis, who figures she's the world's only lady boxing judge, is having the time of her life— but two things bother her a bit.”

“Jared Polis of Boulder is the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a non-incumbent.”

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