Synonyms of lawman
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Another word for lawman is lawspeaker. Other synonyms of lawman are lageman, lagman, lawman-general, attorney and counsel.
Synonyms and similar words for lawman
nounA lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- lawspeakerAn official in Scandinavia whose duties included memorizing laws as well as presiding over, and reciting the laws at...
nounOne of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their...
- lageman
- lagmanThe presiding justice of the supreme court; a lawman.
nounThe presiding justice of the supreme court.
- lawman-general
nounA man of the law: a lawyer.
- attorneyA lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
- counselA lawyer, as in King's Counsel (KC) or Queen's Counsel (QC).
- abogadoCounsel; advisor; counselor; barrister.
- advocateSomeone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
- avocatAn advocate; a lawyer.
- counselorAn attorney.
- lawyer
- legal representativeA lawyer, solicitor, etc, who acts on behalf of a client in legal matters.
- latitat obsolete, slang
- limb of the law archaic, slangA lawyer, or clerk articled to that profession.
- man of law archaicA lawyer, a lawman.
nounAn officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
- bobby
- copA police officer or prison guard.
- 5-O US, slang
- alphabet US, slang
- barney US, slang
- bizzie UK, slangA police officer.
- bluebottle slang
- blue heeler Australia, slang
- blue meanie derogatory, slang
- bogey UK, slang
- boy in blue US
- bull US, slangA policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
- bullyman Australia, derogatoryA police officer.
- buttons slang
- centenier
- charpering omi UKA policeman.
- chazzer slang
- cobbler slangA police officer.
- copper slangA police officer, especially one in uniform.
- cozzer UK, slangA policeman, especially a detective; a rozzer.
- cracker US, derogatory
- crusher slang
- crowns US, slang
- dibble UK, slang
- fedA police officer.
- filth UK, derogatory
- finest informal
- five-oThe police.
- fuzz
- garda IrelandA member of the Gardaí: an Irish national police officer.
- gendarme
- glowie US, slangA government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling...
- guardian of the peace Ireland, informalA police officer.
- Inspector Knacker colloquialA generic police officer, or the police in general.
- jack Australia, UKA policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
- jackboot Australia, UK
- jake US, slangA police officer, a law enforcement officer (sometimes especially one on foot rather than in a patrol car).
- John LawA personification of law enforcement; a police officer.
- John Q. Law USA generic police officer.
- Johnny Hopper UK, slangA police officer.
- mee-maw UK, slang
- monarch
- Mr Plod Australia, UKA law enforcement officer.
- oinker derogatory, slang
- Officer Friendly colloquialA police officer.
- Old Bill UK, slangA police officer.
- one-time US, slangThe police.
- PC Plod UK, informalA policeman (implying that he is dull and slow).
- pig derogatory, slangA police officer.
- piggy UK, derogatory
- peeler UK, slang
- plod UK, slang
- police
- police officerA peace officer who is a member of a police force.
- policeman
- policepersonA police officer of any gender.
- polis UK
- po-po
- roller slang
- rozzer UK, slangA police officer.
- slop UKA policeman.
- swine derogatory, slang
- statie US, slangA state trooper.
- twelve US, slang
- tyre biter derogatory, slangA police officer.
- walloper Australia, slang
- wooden-top UKA uniformed police officer.
- beatsman archaic, rareA policeman who walks the beat.
- bluecoat dated
- body snatcher humorous, obsolete
- finger US, obsolete
- flatfoot archaic, colloquial
- flatty US, archaic
- harman obsolete
- harman-beck obsoleteA policeman.
- mutton shunter UK, archaicPolice constable.
- nuthook obsolete
- raw lobster obsolete, slangSynonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).
- scufter UK, datedA policeman.
- unboiled lobster obsolete, slangA police officer.
Meaning of lawman
- noun A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- noun One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- noun The presiding justice of the supreme court.
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