lawman
[law-man, -muh n]
- an officer of the law, as a sheriff or police officer.
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Origin of lawman
Lawman
[law-muh n]
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detective, deputy, policeman, constable, officer, marshal, trooper, sheriff, patrolman, fuzz, policewoman, lawman, flatfoot, cop, patrolwoman, MP, carabiniere, flic, gendarmeExamples from the Web for lawman
Contemporary Examples
Like Olyphant, he had his first big break as a lawman, albeit a corrupt one, in the FX series The Shield.
Can this lawman save his hide and win the heart of the beautiful Ava (Joelle Carter)?
The federal civil-rights case against notorious Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio may not be his biggest legal headache.
Historical Examples
But Skapti, the lawman, followed Raven, and his father and other kinsmen of his.
Blacktooth sat in his booth and by him sat Gizur his son the Lawman.
Eric BrighteyesH. Rider Haggard
But when the King came to table he asked where was lawman Emund.
The Red True Story BookVarious
"Nevertheless, I should like much to know what he paid for it," said the Lawman.
The Vinland ChampionsOttilie A. Liljencrantz
It has happened that the Lawman also has seen the Skraellings!
The Vinland ChampionsOttilie A. Liljencrantz
lawman
- mainly US an officer of the law, such as a policeman or sheriff
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