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lawman
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, "lawyer," from law + man (n.). Meaning "law-enforcement officer" is from 1865. There is an Anglo-Latin lagamannus "magistrate" from early 12c.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lawman is a term used in reference to an American law-enforcement officer, usually a sheriff or a marshal . Lawman may also refer to the Scandinavian legal office discussed under lawspeaker .
Usage examples of lawman.
Wondering at the reason for such a cool reception by the local lawman, Blu studied the shorter man, noting his wiry but well-muscled build and the nervous twitching of the fingers on his right hand.
Einarsson, captain in the hird of Ottar Thorkelsson, the Lawman of Norland.
Muckle exhorted the newly arrived lawmen to arrest the protesters for trespassing, truancy, and disturbing the peace.
Wild West Extravaganza that promised Noble Lawmen, Wild Horses, Dastardly Outlaws, and Savage Red Men to those bold enough to purchase tickets.
Lawman and he will send swift gild for the overtreading of your rights.
Leaving it to his fellow lawmen to tidy up, Longarm sent a night letter to Billy Vail in Denver, and headed back to his redecorated front room at the MacUlric boardinghouse to catch up on some well-earned rest.
Chapter 17 It was mid-afternoon when Longarm and his five fellow lawmen reined in near that saloon in Camino Viejo.
Kane stood sullen and silent while the lawman and the bounty hunter discussed how and when the reward would be paid, and then the deputy ushered Kane into the cellblock, opened a cell door, and motioned Kane inside.
Colonel Newland said that even the Raleigh newspaper carried an article about the missing prisoner, and we knew that other lawmen from the neighboring counties had joined in the search.
A place where any and all off-duty lawmen were welcome to sit on the tailgates of pickup trucks, drink beer, eat fajitas and shoot the breeze.
He was a lawman and a tourist attraction, a Falstaffian figure equally adept with his fists and his grin.
For just as the treacherous little brunette had planned far in advance, the local lawmen figured the gang had been double-crossed by one or more mighty fast gunslicks of the male persuasion.
I also became acutely aware of the sometimes precarious, indistinguishable line between lawbreakers and lawmen.
Smallwood, who harumphed and put his hands behind his back, as if encouraging us lawmen to get cracking and lay down some law.
Known even by the lawmen he taunted as a gentleman bandit, Welch certainly lived the part.