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police officer

police officer noun: a peace officer who is a member of a police force.

police officer: a peace officer who is a member of a police force
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Noun

police officer (plural police officers)

  1. A peace officer who is a member of a police force.

police officer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

police officer in Hindi

peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
पुलिसवाला pulisvālā, आरक्षी ārakṣī, पुलिसमैन pulismain

police officer in Tamil

peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
போலீஸ்காரன் pōlīskāraṉ, போலீஸ்காரி pōlīskāri, போலீஸ்காரர் pōlīskārar

police officer in Urdu

peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
پُولِیس والا pūlīs vālā

police officer in Bengali

peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
পুলিশ puliś
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police officer in Malayalam
അമീൻ amīṉ
police officer in Kannada
ದಂಡನಾಥ daṇḍanātha, ಗ್ರಾಹಕ grāhaka
police officer in Odia
ପୁଲିସ୍ବାଲା pulisbālā
police officer in Tagalog
pulis
police officer in Arabic
شُرْطِيّ šurṭiyy, شُرَطِيّ šuraṭiyy, شُرْطَةٍ šurṭatin, ضَابِطُ شُرْطَةٍ ḍābiṭu šurṭatin
police officer in Indonesian
polisi
police officer in Thai
ตำรวจ dtam-rùuat
police officer in Vietnamese
cảnh sát
police officer in Myanmar
ရဲသား rai:sa:, ပုလိပ် pu.lip, ရဲ rai:, ရဲအရာရှိ rai:a.rahri.
Dhivehi
ފުލުސްމީހާ fulusmīhā

Synonyms of police officer

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Forms of police officer

pluralpolice officers
alternative formPO

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Questions about police officer

What does police officer mean?
Police officer means a peace officer who is a member of a police force.
What is police officer in Hindi?
Police officer in Hindi is पुलिसवाला (pulisvālā), आरक्षी (ārakṣī), पुलिसमैन (pulismain). See Police officer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is police officer?
Police officer is a noun.
What is the plural of police officer?
The plural of police officer is police officers.

Words near police officer in the dictionary

  1. police man
  2. police men
  3. Police Motu
  4. Police nad Metují
  5. police office
  6. police officer
  7. police officers
  8. police offices
  9. police one's brass
  10. Police Point
  11. police positive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: police officer (page history and authors); അമീൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಗ್ರಾಹಕ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ପୁଲିସ୍ବାଲା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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