English Explanatory Dictionary

lawman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
  2. One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
  3. The presiding justice of the supreme court.
  4. A man of the law: a lawyer.
  5. An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

lômăn lômən /ˈlɔːmæn/ /ˈlɔːmən/ /ˈlɔmæn/ /ˈlɔmən/

Word forms

lawman lawmen

Etymology

From Middle English laweman, laȝaman (as a man's name, Laȝamon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, borrowed from Old Norse lǫgmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law + -man.

Synonyms

lawspeaker lageman lagman lawman-general attorney counsel abogado advocate avocat counselor latitat lawman lawyer legal representative limb of the law man of law bobby cop 5-O alphabet barney beatsman bizzie bluebottle bluecoat blue heeler blue meanie body snatcher bogey boy in blue bull bullyman buttons centenier charpering omi chazzer cobbler copper cozzer cracker crusher crowns dibble fed filth finest finger five-o flatfoot flatty fuzz garda gendarme glowie guardian of the peace harman harman-beck Inspector Knacker jack jackboot

Translations

Latin: lagemannus
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