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A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler.

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  1. n. A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler.
  2. n. an informal term for a British policeman
  3. A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
  4. A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, whoremodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
  5. n. an informal term for a British policeman