TRAFFIC COP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does traffic cop mean? 

• TRAFFIC COP (noun)
  The noun TRAFFIC COP has 1 sense:

1. a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic

  Familiarity information: TRAFFIC COP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAFFIC COP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("traffic cop" is a kind of...):

officer; police officer; policeman (a member of a police force)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "traffic cop"):

crossing guard (someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossing)

pointsman (a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic)