police officer
Americannoun
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any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
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a person having officer rank on a police force.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of police officer
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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A police officer said he could connect him to the charges.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Hal Williams, a veteran actor known for his roles as a friendly neighborhood police officer on “Sanford and Son” and a hard-working patriarch on “227,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
He was then a police officer in a Denver suburb for a decade before serving in the Colorado House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"If there's no objections, I'd like to call time of death," Toosi said, according to police officer bodycam video obtained by a local NBC News affiliate.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Declaring that he would never take back the strikers, he raised the minimum wage for a police officer and set about recruiting an entire new police force.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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