PEACE OFFICER

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does peace officer mean? 

• PEACE OFFICER (noun)
  The noun PEACE OFFICER has 1 sense:

1. an officer of the law

  Familiarity information: PEACE OFFICER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEACE OFFICER (noun)

Meaning:

An officer of the law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

law officer; lawman; peace officer

Hypernyms ("peace officer" is a kind of...):

defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peace officer"):

attorney general (the chief law officer of a country or state)

Ranger; Texas Ranger (a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier)

solicitor general (a law officer appointed to assist an attorney general)

sheriff (the principal law-enforcement officer in a county)

police sergeant; sergeant (a lawman with the rank of sergeant)

officer; police officer; policeman (a member of a police force)

narc; narcotics agent; nark (a lawman concerned with narcotics violations)

military policeman; MP (a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners)

marshal; marshall (a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law)

lieutenant; police lieutenant (an officer in a police force)

gaoler; jailer; jailor; prison guard; screw; turnkey (someone who guards prisoners)

flatfoot; patrolman (a policeman who patrols a given region)

deputy; deputy sheriff (someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies)

constable (a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff)

border patrolman (someone who patrols the borders of a country)

warden; warder (the chief official in charge of a prison)