"polisman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: polismen [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|polismen}} polisman (plural polismen)
  1. (Scotland, Ireland) Policeman. Tags: Ireland, Scotland

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The march turned out not te be a real march at all on account of the fact that as soon as we tried te move aff from the Waterside station, all two thousand of us, we foun' our way blocked be a cordon of polismen lookin' wile fierce.",
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