peace officer

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noun

a civil officer appointed to preserve the public peace, as a sheriff or constable.

Origin of peace officer

First recorded in 1705–15

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for peace officer

policeman, policewoman

Examples from the Web for peace officer

Historical Examples of peace officer

The horseman, who was a peace-officer, said that he had no orders to arrest any woman.
The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5)
Fanny Burney
"That is the peace-officer sent after me by the Prefet," said Peyrade.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Honore de Balzac
She had not told him the explanation given her by the peace-officer.
Other People's Money
Emile Gaboriau
The pause still continuing, Robin Oig asked for a peace-officer, and a constable having stepped out, he surrendered himself.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 282, November 10, 1827
Various
Hazlewood then entered, followed by two or three countrymen, one of whom acted as a peace-officer.
Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated
Sir Walter Scott