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Definition of Lawman
1. Noun. An officer of the law.
Generic synonyms: Defender, Guardian, Protector, Shielder
Specialized synonyms: Attorney General, Border Patrolman, Constable, Deputy, Deputy Sheriff, Flatfoot, Patrolman, Gaoler, Jailer, Jailor, Prison Guard, Screw, Turnkey, Lieutenant, Police Lieutenant, Marshal, Marshall, Military Policeman, Mp, Narc, Narcotics Agent, Nark, Officer, Police Officer, Policeman, Police Sergeant, Sergeant, Sheriff, Solicitor General, Ranger, Texas Ranger, Warden, Warder
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
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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