What does policewoman mean?
Word: Policewoman
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Policewoman means a woman who is a member of the police and helps keep people safe and the law obeyed.
Synonyms: police officer
How do you spell policewoman?
Syllables: po - lice - wom - an
Tricky part: Police has a c, not an s, even though the end sounds like leece. The two words join with no space and no hyphen.
Watch out for: polisewoman, policwoman, polacewoman
Memory tip: Picture the c in police as the round edge of a badge: a policewoman always carries her c.
Policewoman in a sentence
Example 1: A policewoman helped the lost child find her parents at the fair.
Example 2: The policewoman on duty waved the traffic forward.
Example 3: My aunt trained for two years before becoming a policewoman in Pune.
Fun Fact
In 1915, Edith Smith became one of the first women in Britain to join the police with full police powers.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Select the masculine form of the word:
policewoman
a) policemen
b) policewomen
c) policemans
d) policeman
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d) policeman. Policemen and policewomen are plurals; one man in the police is a policeman.
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) policewoman
b) lifegaurd
c) goalkeaper
d) firefigter
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a) policewoman. The others should be firefighter, lifeguard and goalkeeper.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
wolcepomina
a) chairwoman
b) policewoman
c) spokeswoman
d) postwoman
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b) policewoman. Postwoman, spokeswoman and chairwoman end in woman too, but only policewoman has the c and the l in this jumble.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
p_licewom_n
a) o, a
b) u, a
c) o, o
d) a, a
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a) o, a. Say it po-lice-wom-an: an o after the p, and an a in the last part, just as in woman.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A policewoman on traffic duty holds up her palm to the cars. She is telling them to:
a) speed up
b) sound their horns
c) stop
d) turn left
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c) stop
2. A policewoman's work includes:
a) marking exam papers at a school
b) filling a tooth at a clinic
c) keeping a cricket crowd safe and calm
d) repairing a burst water pipe
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c) keeping a cricket crowd safe and calm
