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police officer

po·lice of·fi·cer
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [puh-lees aw-fuh-ser, of-uh-]
    • /pəˈlis ˈɔ fə sər, ˈɒf ə-/
    • /pəˈliːs ˈɒfɪsə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

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Synonyms 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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