policeman /pəˈliːsmən/noun 4forms 1phrases 1 noun4 •a man whose job is to stop crime and make sure that people keep the lawThe policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him. — 1941 •Synonym of enforcer.A team may have a policeman or enforcer. — 2002 •A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis. •Any skipper of the genus Coeliades. formspolicemen Phrases with policeman sleeping policemanA speed bump.