gavver

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noun

A member of the police.

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coprozzer
OriginRomani [Term?] →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

noungavver (plural gavvers)

plural gavvers

  1. UKslangA member of the police.

    The gavver in the car had really rattled him.

    2009, Kate Wild, Fight Game, Book 1, page 28
    1 more example

    "Yeah, the gavvers were after Dad for a bunch of stuff he'd done years ago — fake license plates, stolen cars, that dodgy Range Rover deal he had going..."

    2007, Kevin Brooks, The Road of the Dead, page 177

    Synonyms: cop, rozzer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA member of the police.

Similar
coprozzer

Origin

  1. Romani[Term?]
  2. Englishgavver

From Romani [Term?].

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Cite this entry
APA

gavver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gavver

MLA

“gavver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gavver. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gavver,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gavver.

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