lawman
see also: Lawman
Pronunciation Noun
Lawman
Proper noun
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see also: Lawman
Pronunciation 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.
- (speaker of the law) lawspeaker
- (medieval Dano-English magistrates) lageman, lagman
- (Orcadian & Shetlandic chief justice) lawman-general, lagman
- (law-enforcement officer) See Thesaurus:police officer
- French: homme de loi
- Russian: представи́тель закон
Lawman
Proper noun
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