police officer
Americannoun
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police officers
plural
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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
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Etymology
Origin of police officer
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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For its part, the Louvre created a new security coordinator position now held by Olivier Goupil, a veteran police officer known for modernizing the Paris Transport Authority’s security command center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
During the visit to the community centre they will meet retired emergency service workers who helped respond to the coal tip collapse, including a 96-year-old woman who was a police officer at the time.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The woman’s boyfriend, an off-duty police officer, then placed Gonzalez in handcuffs, according to the statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
And when they catch a cold and blow their nose in a tissue it "is black", added her mother, Mirela Kabashi, a police officer in Elbasan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The plainclothes police officer handed him a fifty-cent piece and pointed.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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