bobby

bob·by  (bb)

n. pl. bob·bies Chiefly British

A police officer.

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[After Sir Robert Peel, home secretary of England when the Metropolitan Police Force was created in 1829.]

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bobby [ˈbɒbɪ]

n pl -bies

Informal a British policeman

[from Bobby after Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), British Conservative statesman, who, as Home Secretary, set up the Metropolitan Police Force in 1828]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bobby - an informal term for a British policeman police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"

Translations

bobby [ˈbɒbɪ] N (Brit) (= policeman) → poli m

bobby [ˈbɒbi] n (British) (old-fashioned) → agent m (de police)
bobby pin n (US) → pince f à cheveux

bobby

n (dated Brit inf) → Bobby m, → Schupo m (dated)

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bobby:

bobby-dazzler

n (dated Brit inf) (= object) → Knüller m (inf), → Sensation f; (= girl) → Augenweide f

bobby pin

n (US) → Haarklemme f

bobby sox

pl (dated US) → kurze Söckchen pl

bobbysoxer

n (dated US inf) → Teenager m, → junges Mädchen

bobby [ˈbɒbɪ] n (Brit) (fam) → poliziotto

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bobby [ˈbɒbɪ] n (Brit) (fam) → poliziotto