Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

police captain

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English

Syllables: po-lice -cap-tain
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A high-level officer in a police department who is usually responsible for an entire district or precinct.

Inflected Forms

police captains (plural)

Synonyms

captain police chief

Questions

What does police captain mean?: A high-level officer in a police department who is usually responsible for an entire district or precinct.

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