polis

noun

1. (historical)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. (Geordie, Ireland, Scotland, uncountable)The police.

   “'Oh, don't bring in the polis on me, kind gentleman,' implored Mrs Laffey with redoubled fluency; 'the dirty, thievin' sergeant that set the lie against me a short while back over Mister Johnson's sthrayin' pullets, it's little justice I should ever see. Be the good kind gentleman—'”

   “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. (Geordie, Ireland, Scotland, countable)A police officer.

name

1. 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.”