POLICE OFFICER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A member of a police force

Example:

it was an accident, officer

Synonyms:

officer; police officer; policeman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("police officer" is a kind of...):

law officer; lawman; peace officer (an officer of the law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "police officer"):

bobby (an informal term for a British policeman)

bull; cop; copper; fuzz; pig (uncomplimentary terms for a policeman)

captain; police captain; police chief (a policeman in charge of a precinct)

constable; police constable (a police officer of the lowest rank)

detective; investigator; police detective; tec (a police officer who investigates crimes)

gendarme (a French policeman)

inspector (a high ranking police officer)

motorcycle cop; motorcycle policeman; speed cop (a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists))

Mountie (colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police)

shoofly (an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen)

traffic cop (a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic)

trooper (a mounted police officer)

state trooper; trooper (a state police officer)

Holonyms ("police officer" is a member of...):

constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)