bobby

[ bob-ee ]
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noun,plural bob·bies.British Informal.
  1. a policeman.

Origin of bobby

1
1835–45; special use of Bobby, for Sir Robert Peel, who set up the Metropolitan Police system of London in 1828

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Bobby
[ bob-ee ]

noun
  1. a male given name, form of Robert.

  2. a female given name.

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British Dictionary definitions for bobby

bobby

/ (ˈbɒbɪ) /


nounplural -bies
  1. informal a British policeman

Origin of bobby

1
C19: from Bobby after Sir Robert Peel, who, as Home Secretary, set up the Metropolitan Police Force in 1828

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