Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A law officer, such as a sheriff or marshal.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A man authorized to declare the law. Specifically— The chief citizen or first commoner of an ancient Scandinavian community or state, who was the spokesman of the people against the king and court at public assemblies, etc., the guardian of the law, and president both of the legislative body and of the law-courts.
- n. One of a body of aristocrats who held magisterial office in towns of Danish origin in early England.
- n. A lawyer.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. an officer of the law
Etymologies
- law + -man (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The three-term lawman once dubbed "America's Sheriff" was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.”
“The three-term lawman was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 5½ years in prison.”
“At the time, Kellog's sponsored the WILD BILL HICKOK television series with Madison starring as tghe titled lawman and Devine as his pal, Jingles.”
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“A Phoenix police officer pleaded not guilty Thursday to a second-degree murder charge for the on-duty shooting death of an unarmed suspect, whose father called the lawman an "evil cop.”
“PHOENIX - A Phoenix police officer pleaded not guilty Thursday to a second-degree murder charge for the on-duty shooting death of an unarmed suspect, whose father called the lawman an”
“Thursday to a second-degree murder charge for the on-duty shooting death of an unarmed suspect, whose father called the lawman an "evil cop.”
“- A Phoenix police officer pleaded not guilty Thursday to a second-degree murder charge for the on-duty shooting death of an unarmed suspect, whose father called the lawman an "evil cop.”
“He believed the lawman was the answer to our prayers.”
“Wurl said his greatest asset as a lawman is his detective work.”
“He was in 1294 made a "lawman" in Iceland, and died in Norway in 1334.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lawman’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
taxman, salesman, common man, spaceman, neolithic man, straw man, seaman, fireman, spiderman, overman, old man, con man and 373 more...
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False Friends
"False Friend" is a linguistic term for words that appear in more than one language, but with entirely different meanings. They can cause a lot of problems for the unwary tourist.
kill, fatal, lawman, sky, city, slut, alone, bless, fart, bog, arse, turd and 39 more...
Tweets
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tbtabby Means "lunatic" in Surinamese. Jul 13, 2009