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1. A member of a police force
   "it was an accident, policeman";
   - police officer, officer, bobby [Brit, informal], plod [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: policemen

Type of: law officer, lawman, peace officer

Part of: Bill [Brit, informal], boys in blue [informal], constabulary, fuzz [informal], law, Old Bill [Brit, informal], police, police force, polis [UK, dialect, informal], the fuzz [informal]

Encyclopedia: Policeman