bobby

(bäbē)

noun pl. bobbies

Brit., Informal a British policeman

Origin: after Sir Robert Peel, nicknamed Bobby, who reorganized the London police force

See bobby in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. bob·bies
Chiefly British
A police officer.

Origin:

Origin: After Sir Robert Peel, home secretary of England when the Metropolitan Police Force was created in 1829

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