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pollis

pollis noun: the police.

Noun

pollis (countable and uncountable, plural pollises)

  1. (Geordie, uncountable) The police.
  2. (Geordie, countable) A policeman or policewoman.

Forms of pollis

pluralpollises
alternative formpolis

Origin of pollis

From the Standard English police, compare Scots polis.

Questions about pollis

What does pollis mean?
Pollis means the police.
What part of speech is pollis?
Pollis is a noun.
What is the plural of pollis?
The plural of pollis is pollises.

Words near pollis in the dictionary

  1. pollinosis
  2. pollinosity
  3. Pollins
  4. Pollio
  5. Pollios
  6. pollis
  7. pollises
  8. pollist
  9. pollists
  10. Pollitt
  11. Pollitts

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