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- US Pronunciation
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- [puh-lees aw-fuh-ser, of-uh-]
- /pəˈlis ˈɔ fə sər, ˈɒf ə-/
- /pəˈliːs ˈɒfɪsə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [puh-lees aw-fuh-ser, of-uh-]
- /pəˈlis ˈɔ fə sər, ˈɒf ə-/
Definitions of police officer words
- noun police officer any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman. 1
- noun police officer a person having officer rank on a police force. 1
- noun police officer member of police force 1
- countable noun police officer A police officer is a member of the police force. 0
- noun police officer a member of a police force, esp a constable; policeman 0
- noun police officer a member of a police force 0
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Origin of police officer
First appearance:
before 1790 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1790-1800
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Police officer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
police officer popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
police officer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for police officer
noun police officer
- assessor — An assessor is a person who is employed to calculate the value of something, or the amount of money that should be paid, for example in tax.
- bloodhound — A bloodhound is a large dog with a very good sense of smell. Bloodhounds are often used to find people or other animals by following their scent.
- centurion — A centurion was an officer in the Roman army.
- checker — Checkers is a game for two people, played with 24 round pieces on a board.
- checkers — a game for two players using a checkerboard and 12 checkers each. The object is to jump over and capture the opponent's pieces
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