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lawman

noun
/ˈlɔːmæn/UK/ˈlɔmæn/US

Etymology

From Middle English laweman, laȝaman (as a man's name, Laȝamon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, borrowed from Old Norse lǫgmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law + -man.

  1. derived from lǫgmaðr
  2. derived from lahmann
  3. inherited from laweman

Definitions

  1. A lawspeaker

    A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.

  2. One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac…

    One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.

  3. The presiding justice of the supreme court.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A man of the law

      A man of the law: a lawyer.

    2. An officer of the law

      An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.

      • "Fill your hand, you sonuvabitch," the old lawman cries, clamping the reins of his horse between his teeth and filling his own hands with six-gun and repeater.
      • The two lawmen punched his ticket with four well-aimed rifle shots.

    3. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA