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policeman (iou)



policeman noun. Pl. -men. E19.
[from POLICE noun + MAN noun.]
a. A male member of a police force; a constable. E19.
b. A police informer. slang. E20.
c. Nautical. The member of the watch responsible, if necessary, for waking the rest of the crew. M20.
fig.
a. A person who or thing which maintains law and order, promotes peace-keeping, etc. L19.
b. A person or thing regarded as a deterrent or obstacle. M20.
sleeping policeman a ramp or ridge in a road surface designed to slow down motor vehicles, a speed hump.
Chemistry. A glass rod or tube with a soft attachment, usu. a short length of rubber tubing, on one end. E20.
Comb.: policeman-bird Austral. = JABIRU noun 2(a); policeman fly Austral. any of various small, usu. black wasps, esp. of the sphecid subfamily Nyssoninae, which prey on flies; policeman's helmet = Himalayan balsam s.v. BALSAM noun 6(b).
policemanish adjective policemanlike E20.
policemanlike adjective resembling (that of) a policeman L19.
policemanly adjective appropriate to or characteristic of a policeman M20.
policemanship noun the role or action of a policeman L19.