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polîs — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cop noun (informal) A police officer.
  • font noun A set of letters and characters sharing one consistent design, style, and weight, used in printing or on a screen.
  • police noun The official organization responsible for enforcing laws and keeping public order.
  • policewoman noun A female member of a police force.
  • policy noun A course of action or set of principles adopted by a government, organization, or person.

Senses

polîs is used for these senses in English:

  • cop (informal) A police officer or prison guard.
  • font In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.
  • police (North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.
  • policewoman (police) A female police officer.

cop — full definition

  1. noun (informal) A police officer.
  2. verb (informal) To be given, or to accept, something unpleasant such as blame or punishment.
  3. verb (slang) To get hold of, obtain, or buy something.

font — full definition

  1. noun A set of letters and characters sharing one consistent design, style, and weight, used in printing or on a screen.
  2. noun A basin in a church that holds water used for baptism.
  3. noun A source or origin of something, especially knowledge (literary).

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