military policeman
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri pəˈlɪsˌmæn/
:
policía militar
- Austin and Vanessa enter past two British military policemen.
Examples
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As a military policeman, he was responsible for maintaining discipline and guarding the prisoners.
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Imagine the situation in which a military policeman takes a bus after work, and an assault is attempted.
Academic text (1999) -
Consequently, the military policeman would have to be charged under some other article than failure to offer assistance.
Academic text (1999) -
In two minutes, the only military policeman at the radar site arrived and put Emilio under arrest.
Fiction book (1996) -
If a civilian policeman and a military policeman commit manslaughter together and hide the body of the victim, the military policeman will be forced to answer for the crime in two courts, civil and military.
Academic text (1999) -
By the time this correspondent got inside, a handful of red-capped military policemen had arrived to be embraced by the protestors.
Blog text (13) -
Meanwhile, the military policeman will receive a penalty of three to eight years of imprisonment according to the Código Penal Militar.
Academic text (1999) -
Military policeman Ricardo Jose de Freitas and Military Police Third Sergeant Paulo Roberto Pires da Silva tried to restrain them.
Academic text (1999) -
The military policeman ensured order during the training exercise among the soldiers.
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When the alarm sounded, the military policeman swiftly responded to the disturbance on the base.
Synonyms
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3.9
A soldier who enforces military rules and guards prisoners
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9.1
A police officer in France who is part of the military
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4.1
A member of the armed forces who enforces rules, keeps soldiers in order and guards prisoners
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'military' (related to soldiers/armed forces) modifies 'policeman' (a law-enforcing man), yielding a policeman who serves in the military. This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent modifier + head noun pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Military policeman is a simple combination of military (soldiers) and policeman (a person who keeps order). Imagine a police officer in uniform on a base, checking vehicles, guarding prisoners and making soldiers follow the rules, so it means 'a police officer who works with soldiers'.