Bobby: alternatives and connections

A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Wa…

A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.

A magistrate or policeman.

A club; esp., a policeman's club.

Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below.

The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists.

A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when o…

A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For tw…

The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

A policeman.

(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…

An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.

The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equ…

A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.

Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, wh…

An armed policeman in France.