"police chief" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: police chiefs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} police chief (plural police chiefs)
  1. The head or leader of a police department or constabulary of a local government. Synonyms: chief of police Related terms: police commissioner Translations (head of a police department): ոստիկանապետ (ostikanapet) (Armenian), policestro (Esperanto), rendőrfőnök (Hungarian), rendőrfőkapitány (Hungarian), rendőrkapitány (Hungarian), lögreglustjóri [masculine] (Icelandic), policestro (Ido), praefectus vigilum [masculine] (Latin), polischef [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-police_chief-en-noun-~KlQRf-F Categories (other): Armenian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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