# policeman

> English word · Noun · IPA /pəˈliːsmən/ · frequency rank #10,591

## Definitions
1. A police officer, usually a male.
2. A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
3. Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
4. Synonym of enforcer.

## Etymology
From police + -man.

## Common misspellings (13)
`opliceman`, `ploiceman`, `poilceman`, `polcieman`, `policceman`, `policeamn`, `policemann`, `policemman`, `policemna`, `policmean`, `poliecman`, `polliceman`, `ppoliceman`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/policeman