lawman
See also: Lawman
English
Etymology
From Middle English laweman, laȝaman (as a man's name, Laȝamon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, from Old Norse lǫgmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law + -man.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔːmən
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 and 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 Thesaurus:police officer
Translations
a lawspeaker
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a medieval Dano-English magistrate
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lawyer — see lawyer
an officer of the law
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References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "lawman, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1902.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Noun
lawman
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