"tithead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: titheads [plural]
Etymology: tit + head, in the police-officer sense referring to the helmets they wear. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tit|head}} tit + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} tithead (plural titheads)
  1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A fool; an idiot. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-tithead-en-noun-lITnq-5g Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 52
  2. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A police officer. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-tithead-en-noun-AV3sVPGj Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 43 57

Inflected forms

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