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polis

noun
/ˈpɒ.lɪs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)lbor. English polis Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “fortified town; city state”).

  1. learned borrowing from πόλις — “fortified town; city state”

Definitions

  1. A Greek city-state.

    • By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance.

  2. The police.

    • Even in his Ma's womb, you would have had to define Spud less as a foetus, more as a set of dormant drug and personality problems. He'd probably draw the polis onto them through knocking a saltcellar out of the Little Chef.

  3. A police officer.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A town and municipality of Paphos district, Cyprus

      A town and municipality of Paphos district, Cyprus; in full, Polis Chrysochous.

    2. A surname.

      • Don't even think about the odds that Bobby Schmautz of Vancouver Canucks would score the winning goal or that Greg Polis of Pittsburgh Penguins would win the car.
      • Carol Polis, who figures she's the world's only lady boxing judge, is having the time of her life— but two things bother her a bit.
      • Jared Polis of Boulder is the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a non-incumbent.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for polis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA