policeman
noun
po·lice·man
pə-ˈlēs-mən 
1
: a member of a police force
2
: one held to resemble a policeman
making the United States the policeman for the whole wide world—
R. B. Long
R. B. LongExamples of policeman in a Sentence
reported the crime to the nearest policeman
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The Haymarket anarchists in Chicago in the eighteen-nineties may not all have been directly responsible for the bombs that killed seven policemen on a fateful day, but at least one of them had certainly built the bombs.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
When Orsolya knocks on the man’s door with an army of trigger-happy policemen at her back, the bailiff — in her infinite mercy — agrees to give the guy some time to collect his belongings.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
From there on out, the story is bifurcated between characters continuing to condescend to Maya (including the smarmy, opportunistic policemen charged with finding Sundar), and Debu wandering aimlessly through his life and education.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
The city had Black health inspectors, postmasters, magistrates and policemen, albeit under orders not to arrest anyone white.
—Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
When Orsolya knocks on the man’s door with an army of trigger-happy policemen at her back, the bailiff — in her infinite mercy — agrees to give the guy some time to collect his belongings.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
From there on out, the story is bifurcated between characters continuing to condescend to Maya (including the smarmy, opportunistic policemen charged with finding Sundar), and Debu wandering aimlessly through his life and education.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
The city had Black health inspectors, postmasters, magistrates and policemen, albeit under orders not to arrest anyone white.
—Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for policeman
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“Policeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/policeman. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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policeman
noun
po·lice·man
pə-ˈlē-smən
Medical Definition
policeman
noun
po·lice·man
pə-ˈlēs-mən
plural policemen
-mən
: an instrument (as a flat piece of rubber on a glass rod) for removing solids from a vessel (as a beaker)
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