shammus

sham(m)us

(ˈʃeməs)

n. a police officer or a detective. (Probably from Yiddish.) One thing that a shamus always knows is when another shamus is following him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eupraxia	-	Ancient Greek
Eutropia	-	Ancient Greek
Veeti	VE:-tee	Finnish
Rhodes	[rəudz]
Vilhelms	-	Latvian
Erekle	-	Georgian