police officer

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noun

any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.

a person having officer rank on a police force.

Origin of police officer

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Related Words for police officer

detective, deputy, policeman, constable, officer, marshal, trooper, cop, fuzz, sheriff, patrolman, patrolwoman, policewoman, MP, carabiniere, flatfoot, flic, gendarme, lawman

Examples from the Web for police officer

Historical Examples of police officer

A police-officer with eight men forced a way through the crowd.
The Red Hand of Ulster
George A. Birmingham
I started up, believing that a police-officer was about to seize me.
Fred Markham in Russia
W. H. G. Kingston
In about an hour and a half we were boarded by a police-officer.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber
James Aitken Wylie
Presently Captain Caldwell returned with a police-officer and two men.
The Beth Book
Sarah Grand
And one of the men was a police-officer, sent here, doing his duty.
The Exiles of Faloo
Barry Pain

British Dictionary definitions for police officer

police officer

noun

a member of a police force, esp a constable; policemanOften (esp as form of address) shortened to: officer

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