policer

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English

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Etymology

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From police +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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policer (plural policers)

  1. One who, or that which, polices.
    • 1999, Kavita Datta, Gareth A Jones, Housing and finance in developing countries:
      [] traditional cultural notions of womanhood, with women seen as moral guardians of the household and policers of recalcitrant men.
  2. (computing) A software component that enforces a security policy.
    a traffic policer; a bandwidth policer

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French

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Etymology

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police (police) +‎ -er (infinitive suffix)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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policer

  1. to police

Conjugation

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This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

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