policeman
English
/pəˈliːsmən/
noun
Definitions
- A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
- (chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
- (entomology) Any skipper of the genus .
- (ice hockey)
Etymology
Suffix from English police.
Origin
English
police
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Policespeak English
- antipolice English
- cyberpolice English
- nonpolice English
- parapolice English
- police English
- policeable English
- policeboat English
- policedom English
- policeism English
- policeless English
- policelike English
- policemanlike English
- policemanly English
- policemanship English
- policeperson English
- policer English
- policewoman English
- policework English
- policial English
- policiary English
- self-police English
- unpolicemanly English
- politia Latin
- polizza Italian
- полисмен Russian
- police Danish
- पुलिस Hindi
- polis Cebuano
- plismon Welsh
- plismones Welsh
- పోలీసు Telugu
- pulis Tagalog
- polis Malay
- ပုလိပ် Burmese
- police Middle French
- 波麗士 Chinese
- polisi Swahili
- iphoyisa Zulu
- bwilijmāāņ Marshallese
- polis Tok Pisin
- polisman Tok Pisin
- པུ་ལི་སི Tibetan
- pirihimana Maori
- pulis Bikol Central
- پوليس Pashto, Pushto
- borithi Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- pulísena Taos