Word Meanings - CHOKEDAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A watchman; an officer of customs or police.

POLICE POWER
The inherent power of a government to regulate its police affairs. The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it was used as including the whole power of internal government, or the powers
POLICE
Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of
POLICED
Regulated by laws for the maintenance of peace and order, enforced by organized administration. "A policed kingdom." Howell.
WATCHMAN
1. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel. 2. Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night. Watchman beetle , the European dor. -- Watchman's clock, a watchman's detector in which
OFFICER
Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
POLICEMAN
A member of a body of police; a constable.
SUBOFFICER
An under or subordinate officer.
UNDEROFFICER
A subordinate officer.