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A member of a body of police; a constable.

oken, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.

A magistrate or policeman. [Slang, Eng.]

A club; esp., a policeman's club.

A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. Thackeray.

A policeman. [Slang] Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly

Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty. With records sweet of duties done. Keble. To employ him on the hardest and most imperative duty. Hallam. Duty is a graver term than obligation. A duty hardly exists to do trivial things; but there may be an obligation t…

An armed policeman in France. Thackeray.

t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.

One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city.

A nickname for a policeman; -- so called from Sir Robert Peel. [British Slang] See Bobby.

A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger. [India]

intment, duties, and discipline of the police. -- Police constable, or Police officer, a policeman. -- Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. -- Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. -- Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exerci…

A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.

A Turkish policeman. [Written also zaptieh.]