Bobby

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bobby \Bob"by\, n.
     A nickname for a British policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel,
     who remodeled the police force. See {Peeler}. [Slang, Eng.]
     --Dickens.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bobby
       n : an informal term for a British policeman

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "bobby":
     Dogberry, John Law, bluebottle, bluecoat, bull, constable, cop,
     copper, dick, flatfoot, flattie, gendarme, gumshoe, officer, paddy,
     peeler, pig, shamus, the cops, the fuzz, the law