Policemen vs Policeman - What's the difference?
policemen | policeman |
(policeman)
A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
As nouns the difference between policemen and policeman
is that policemen is irregular plural of policeman while policeman is a member of a police force, especially one who is male.policemen
English
Noun
(head)policeman
English
Noun
(policemen)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.}}
Synonyms
* (member of a police force) See * (glass rod with rubber cap) rubber policemanAntonyms
* policewomanHypernyms
* police officerDerived terms
* sleeping policemanSee also
* constable English nouns with irregular pluralspoliceman
English
Noun
(policemen)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.}}