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peeler (pē′lər)

noun

Brit., Slang a policeman

Etymology: after Sir Robert Peel, who first organized the Irish constabulary

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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