LAWMAN

lawman, law officer, peace officer

(noun) an officer of the law

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lawman (plural lawmen)

(law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.

(law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.

(law, Orkney & Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.

(rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.

(informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.

Synonyms

• (speaker of the law): lawspeaker

• (medieval Dano-English magistrates): lageman, lagman

• (Orcadian & Shetlandic chief justice): lawman-general, lagman

• (law-enforcement officer): See police officer

Proper noun

Lawman

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary



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