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police officer (plural police officers)
- An officer in a law enforcement agency.
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This term is gender-neutral. The gender-specific terms are policeman for a male police officer and policewoman for a female police officer.
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an officer in a law enforcement agency
- Breton: poliser m. -ien pl., polis m. -ed pl.
- Chechen: милцо
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 警察 zh(zh) (jǐngchá), 警官 zh(zh) (jǐngguān)
- Croatian: policajac m., policajka f.
- Danish: politibetjent, politimand
- Dutch: politieagent m., politieagente f., politieman m., agent m., agente f.
- Estonian: politseinik, ment
- French: policier fr(fr) m., policière fr(fr) f.
- German: Polizist de(de) m., Polizistin de(de) f.
- Hungarian: rendőr hu(hu)
- Italian: poliziotto it(it) m.
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- Japanese: 警察官 (けいさつかん, keisatsukan), 警官 (けいかん, keikan)
- Maltese: uffiċċjal tal-pulizija
- Norwegian: politibetjent m., politimann m.
- Polish: policjant pl(pl) m., policjantka pl(pl) f.
- Portuguese: polícia pt(pt) m., policial pt(pt) f.
- Scottish Gaelic: maor-sìth m., earraid gd(gd) m.
- Slovene: policist m., policistka f.
- Spanish: policía es(es) m., agente es(es) m. and f.
- Swahili: afisa wa usalama sw(sw)
- Swedish: polis, poliskonstapel
- Vietnamese: cảnh sát vi(vi)
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