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"sense": "police officer rank",
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"sense": "police officer rank",
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"word": "appuntato (carabinieri)"
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"word": "agente (polizia)"
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"word": "捕方"
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"sense": "police officer rank",
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"lang": "Maori",
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"word": "kātipa"
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"word": "maor-sìthe"
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"sense": "police officer rank",
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"word": "vigil"
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"An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal)."
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"The warden of a castle."
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