Meaning

1 senses
  1. (rare)A police officer (especially a detective) of any gender who wears civilian clothes when on duty.

Origin

From plainclothes + -person.

From plainclothes + -person.

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Forms

plural: plainclothespersons / plainclothespeople

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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