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PLAINCLOTHESMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plainclothesman mean?
• PLAINCLOTHESMAN (noun)
The noun PLAINCLOTHESMAN has 1 sense:
1. a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
Familiarity information: PLAINCLOTHESMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("plainclothesman" is a kind of...):
detective; investigator; police detective; tec (a police officer who investigates crimes)
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