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—
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Examples of policeman in a Sentence
reported the crime to the nearest policeman
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The policeman denied the accusations about the letter.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2024
Outside Parliament, a small cluster of policemen were dawdling on the sidewalk.
—Nadia Beard, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
Our protagonist, bumbling policeman Jong-goo (Kwak Do-won), becomes invested in stopping the outbreak when his daughter, Hyo-jin (Kim Hwan-hee), suddenly becomes possessed.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
When the Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was recently jostled by Miami-Dade policemen, reliably, Walsh was there to break down the footage and show you how the whole thing was Hill’s fault.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
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Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2024
Outside Parliament, a small cluster of policemen were dawdling on the sidewalk.
—Nadia Beard, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
Our protagonist, bumbling policeman Jong-goo (Kwak Do-won), becomes invested in stopping the outbreak when his daughter, Hyo-jin (Kim Hwan-hee), suddenly becomes possessed.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
When the Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was recently jostled by Miami-Dade policemen, reliably, Walsh was there to break down the footage and show you how the whole thing was Hill’s fault.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Policeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/policeman. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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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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