dogberry
[noun]
Synonyms: policeman, bluecoat, cop, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, heat, man, officer, police officer

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Dogberry noun². ['dɒgbɛri, -b(ǝ)ri] M19.
[A foolish constable in Shakespeare's Much Ado.]
An ignorant self-important petty official.

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dogberry noun¹. ['dɒgb(ǝ)ri, -bɛri] Also dog's berry. E16.
[from DOG noun + BERRY noun¹.]
The fruit of the wild cornel or dogwood, Cornus sanguinea; (in full dogberry tree) the shrub itself. Also, (the fruit of) any of various other shrubs or small trees with fruit of poor eating quality, as the N. American mountain ash, Sorbus americana.

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