policewoman
noun
po·lice·wom·an
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Definition of policewoman
: a woman who is a member of a police force
Examples of policewoman in a Sentence
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To their right, earlier arrivals stayed warm behind a clear plastic sheet, protected by a pretty policewoman, and down those stairs Brenda, the volunteer, now came to meet the new Guatemalans. — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, "“Just Keep Going North”," 5 July 2019 There will also be no chairmen, no manpower, no policemen or policewomen. — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, "Gendered language like 'manhole' will soon be banned from Berkeley's city codes," 18 July 2019 There will also be no chairmen, no manpower, no policemen or policewomen. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "Gendered language like ‘manhole’ and ‘chairmen’ will soon be banned from Berkeley’s city codes," 18 July 2019 Faid was sentenced to 25 years in the 2010 death of a young policewoman killed during a botched robbery. — Washington Post, "French convict escapes from prison using a helicopter," 1 July 2018 Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen’s right-hand colleague is his wife; their daughter Anna Mia is an eager young policewoman; and the other cops on the team share a close occupational kinship. — Tom Nolan, WSJ, "Mysteries: When Murder Strikes at a Family’s Heart," 3 Aug. 2018 In related attacks, a gunman kills a policewoman and four people taken hostage in a Jewish supermarket in Paris. — Joanna Sugden, WSJ, "Car Crashes Outside U.K. Parliament in Suspected Terror Attack," 14 Aug. 2018 Prosecutors accuse her of complicity in the killing of nine men, eight of Turkish origin and one of Greek, and a policewoman between 2000 and 2007. — Fox News, "A look at the 5 defendants in Germany's neo-Nazi trial," 10 July 2018 Of the 10 people killed by the NSU between 2000 and 2007, eight were men of Turkish origin, one man was Greek and the tenth was a German policewoman. — Frank Jordans, The Seattle Times, "As German neo-Nazi trial ends, families demand more answers," 10 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'policewoman.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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policewoman
noun
English Language Learners Definition of policewoman
: a woman who is a police officer
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policewoman
noun
po·lice·wom·an
| \ pə-ˈlēs-ˌwu̇-mən
\
\
plural policewomen\ -ˌwi-mən \
Kids Definition of policewoman
: a woman who is a police officer
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