lawman
Meanings
Plural: lawmen
Noun
- an officer of the law
- A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- The presiding justice of the supreme court.
- A man of the law: a lawyer.
- An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
Origin / 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
lageman, lagman, law officer, lawspeaker, Orcadian & Shetlandic chief justice, peace officer, police officer
Scrabble Score: 11
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