Rozzer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹɒzə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rozzer is a noun meaning (UK, Ireland, slang, dated) A police officer.
Meaning
(UK, Ireland, slang, dated) A police officer.
Example Sentences
If the rozzers was to see him in bona clobber they'd take him for a gun.
"Another wrong un," says the carman. "Hi, Mr. Graham!"—and up walks a rozzer and buckles me tight.
Jed Mercurio’s corrupt cop hit remains one of the best shows on TV, but surely every rozzer in the Midlands knows who Kate Fleming is by now?
‘I was never frightened of any job yet,’ he said, ‘and I'd do this job to-night if the house was full of rozzers,’ Hill pretended that he wasn't particular whether the thing came off or not that night, but all the while he kept egging Fred on to do it.
Word Forms
- rozzers
Synonyms for rozzer
Depending on context, synonyms include alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, bluebottle, bluecoat.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cozzer, bizzie, porker, crusher, gavver, cracker.
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