lawman
UK/ˈlɔːmæn/US/ˈlɔmæn/
lawman noun: a lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
Noun
lawman (plural lawmen)
- A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- Synonyms:
- lawspeaker
- One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- Synonyms:
- lageman, lagman
- The presiding justice of the supreme court.
- From the twelfth century Shetland had been administered directly by the Norwegian crown through the 'foud', rather than forming part of the patrimony of a great aristocratic estate. The foud appointed 'underfouds' and the Shetlands evolved their own elected officers, a 'lawman' and parish...1983, Paul Thompson, Tony Wailey, Trevor Lummis, History Workshop Series, Living the Fishing, Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Synonyms:
- lawman-general, lagman
- A man of the law: a lawyer.
- Synonyms:
- attorney, counsel, abogado, advocate, avocat, counselor, latitat, lawyer, legal representative, limb 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.1979 June 25, Richard Schickel, “Show Business: Duke: Images from a Lifetime”, in TIME, archived from the original on 13 May 2011
- The two lawmen punched his ticket with four well-aimed rifle shots.2016, Dusty Richards, Deadly Is the Night, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, retrieved 08 Dec 2021
- Synonyms:
- bobby, cop, 5-O, alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, bluebottle, bluecoat, blue heeler
Proper noun capitalized: Lawman
Lawman
- A surname.
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Forms of lawman
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Origin of lawman
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.
Questions about lawman
- What does lawman mean?
- Lawman means a lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- What part of speech is lawman?
- Lawman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lawman?
- Lawman is pronounced /ˈlɔːmæn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lawman?
- The plural of lawman is lawmen.
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