policewoman

nounA2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,933 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: policewomen

A policewoman is a woman whose job is enforcing the law. A young policewoman, ask the policewoman, two policewomen.

British forces dropped the separate ranks decades ago, and officer is now the term for everybody. The word survives in speech and in fiction more than in any official use.

Definitions of policewoman

1nounpolicewomanA woman whose job is enforcing the law.A2+
“A policewoman helped the lost child find her parents.”

policewoman is an officer.

Where it comes from

Middle French
police
English
police
English, today
policewoman

From police + -woman. police comes from Middle French police. From Middle French police, from Latin polītīa (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία. a doublet of policy and polis and polity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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policewoman

nounA2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,933 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: policewomen

A policewoman is a woman whose job is enforcing the law. A young policewoman, ask the policewoman, two policewomen.

British forces dropped the separate ranks decades ago, and officer is now the term for everybody. The word survives in speech and in fiction more than in any official use.

Definitions of policewoman

1nounpolicewomanA woman whose job is enforcing the law.A2+
“A policewoman helped the lost child find her parents.”

policewoman is an officer.

Where it comes from

Middle French
police
English
police
English, today
policewoman

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA