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Bobby vs Policemen - What's the difference?

bobby | policemen |

As a proper noun bobby

is .

As a noun policemen is

(policeman).

bobby

English

Noun

(bobbies)
  • (British, slang) A police officer.
  • (British, slang) A railway signaller.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * peeler

    References

    policemen

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (policeman)

  • policeman

    English

    Noun

    (policemen)
  • A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman' s helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
  • (chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
  • Synonyms

    * (member of a police force) See * (glass rod with rubber cap) rubber policeman

    Antonyms

    * policewoman

    Hypernyms

    * police officer

    Derived terms

    * sleeping policeman