Lawman

Quick meaning: Lawman is a noun meaning (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.

Meaning

(law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.

More Meanings

1. (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
2. (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
3. (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
4. (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.

Example Sentences

The two lawmen punched his ticket with four well-aimed rifle shots.

"Fill your hand, you sonuvabitch," the old lawman cries, clamping the reins of his horse between his teeth and filling his own hands with six-gun and repeater.

From the twelfth century Shetland had been administered directly by the Norwegian crown through the 'foud', rather than forming part of the patrimony of a great aristocratic estate. The foud appointed 'underfouds' and the Shetlands evolved their own elected officers, a 'lawman' and parish 'lawrightmen', who adjudicated and negotiated the collection of customary taxes and fines on behalf of the local population.

Word Forms

• lawmen

Synonyms for lawman

Depending on context, synonyms include lawspeaker, lagman, attorney, counsel, abogado, advocate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lawyer, sheriff, marshal, policeman, act, cop.

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