polisman

See also: polismän

English

Noun

polisman (plural polismen)

1. (Scotland, Ireland) Policeman.
   • 2009, Sarah O’Connor, Christopher C. Shepard, Women, Social and Cultural Change in Twentieth Century Ireland, page 83:

     The march turned out not te be a real march at all on account of the fact that as soon as we tried te move aff from the Waterside station, all two thousand of us, we foun' our way blocked be a cordon of polismen lookin' wile fierce.

   • 2020, Finley Peter Dunne, Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War, page 97:

     They wint again polismen, mostly. Mebbe that's because polismen's th' nearest things to kings they cud find.

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 188:

     Now all we need to establish is what a shooter belonging to one of Maitland's goons is doing in a polisman's locker.

Swedish

Etymology

polis (“police”) +‎ man (“man”)

Noun

polisman c

1. a policeman, a police officer

   Synonym: polis

Declension

Declension of polisman

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	polisman	polismans
	definite	polismannen	polismannens
plural	indefinite	polismän	polismäns
	definite	polismännen	polismännens

References

• polisman in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• polisman in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English policeman.

Noun

polisman

1. policeman