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Meanings of policeman in English

Portuguese
agente
Catalan
agent
Spanish
agente
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A member of a police force.

agente

A male police officer.

Usage of policeman in English
1
The policeman could not explain; neither could the idlers; neither can I.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 / A Magazin...
2
A second policeman is said to be in critical condition in hospital.
BBC
3
Better to have a policeman walk by than stop and ask questions.
A beautiful place to die
4
Next morning she reports the theft and a local policeman seemed concerned.
The new yorker
5
One policeman died of bullet wounds, among five people injured, authorities said.
Reuters
6
The pouch has given Impatiens glandulifera one English common name, policeman's helmet.
The Irish Times
7
The poacher believed in the Game Laws as much as the policeman.
A Miscellany of Men
8
In time, the driver returned with the landlord and the armed policeman.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
9
He gave your name; and the policeman is waiting for the answer.
Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales
10
Walking outside the factory with me, he flagged a young German policeman.
The Storyteller
11
She saw a policeman, armed, and asked for the Western Wall tunnels.
The last testament
12
I've misled that policeman, I thought; now he'll go back and report.
The Oracle Glass
13
It said one policeman was slightly injured in the shootout on Monday.
The Irish Times
14
And the village policeman stands outside the primary school, morning and evening.
The Irish Times
15
I talked to a policeman who had heard some talk about Zala.
The girl who played with fire
16
That makes three men; and the clown and policeman will make five.
Fanny's First Play
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