Definition of Lawman

1. Noun. An officer of the law.


Definition of Lawman

1. Noun. (American English) An officer of the law, such as a sheriff or marshal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lawman

1. a law-enforcement officer [n LAWMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawman

lawk
lawks
lawks a-mercy
lawl
lawland
lawlands
lawless
lawlessly
lawlessness
lawlessnesses
lawlike
lawmaker
lawmakers
lawmaking
lawmakings
lawman (current term)
lawmen
lawmonger
lawmongers
lawn
lawn-chair
lawn-mower
lawn-mowers
lawn bowling
lawn cart
lawn chair
lawn chairs
lawn dart
lawn furniture
lawn mower

Literary usage of Lawman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Viking Age: The Early History, Manners, and Customs of the Ancestors of by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1889)
"The closing ceremony at the term of office was for the lawman to recite the ... When the lawman died, a man was taken from his quarter to recite the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1878)
"Of native offices and institutions the following referred to in the charters, or in the foregoing explanatory paper, may be noticed :—• lawman OF ORKNEY. ..."

3. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"20 Edw. IR John 61. Laurence, co. Line., ibid. Lawyer.—Occup. ' the lawyer ' ; v. lawman, and cf. Sawyer and Bowyer. ..."

4. Publications by Spalding Club, Aberdeen, John Spalding (1852)
"It appears, in short, to have been the Record of Court, containing a copy of the " cuntre lawis," to which the lawman and the ..."

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