police officer (noun)
111flic — noun Etymology: French Date: 1899 a French police officer …
112garda — noun (plural gardai) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Irish garda (plural gardaí), short for garda síochána, literally, guardian of the peace Date: 1934 a police officer in the Republic of Ireland …
113nightstick — noun Date: 1887 a police officer s club …
114patrolman — noun Date: 1867 one who patrols; especially a police officer assigned to a beat …
115plainclothesman — noun Date: 1899 a plainclothes police officer …
116rent-a-cop — noun Date: 1971 often disparaging a security worker (as a guard) who is not a police officer …
117roundsman — noun Date: 1795 1. one that makes rounds 2. a supervisory police officer of the grade of sergeant or just below …
118rozzer — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1893 slang British police officer …
119shamus — noun Etymology: perhaps from Yiddish shames shammes; from a jocular comparison of the duties of a sexton and those of a store detective Date: 1925 1. slang police officer 2. slang private investigator …
120tenderloin — noun Date: circa 1828 1. a strip of tender meat consisting of a large internal muscle of the loin on each side of the vertebral column 2. [from its making possible a luxurious diet for a corrupt police officer] a district of a city largely… …