lawman
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈlɔːˌmæn/
- US
- Face aflame, heart pounding with humiliation, Aislinn scrambled to her feet just as the lawman vaulted over the fence.
- lawman Wyatt Earp
- lawman Wyatt
- top lawman
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Examples
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The lawman tried to lighten Trey's dark mood with an effort at humor.
Fiction book (1997) -
No such thing as an arrangement with a lawman.
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I had been a lawman for a long time.
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Always nice to have a lawman on the side of progress.
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All right, lawman, take me in.
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What would the lawman say?
Fiction book (1994) -
When I hired you, I hired myself a good lawman.
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You're a hell of a lawman.
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Joe Don Baker plays Texas lawman Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III, a beefy sheriff and avid milk drinker.
Blog text (19) -
In the old Western movie, the lawman confronted the outlaw in a dramatic showdown.
Synonyms
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A person who works for the police
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A person who works for the police and enforces the law
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A person who keeps people safe and stops crime
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A man whose job is to keep people safe and enforce laws
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A person who makes sure people follow the law, like a police officer or sheriff
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A police officer who walks around an area to keep people safe
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A person who has legal power to make people follow the law, like a police officer or sheriff
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A soldier who enforces rules and guards prisoners
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A male federal agent who enforces the law
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A person who watches a country's border and stops illegal entry
A woman who is a police officer and enforces the law
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Etymology
The word lawman is simply law + man, where man originally meant 'person', so it literally means 'person of the law'. That's why lawman came to mean an officer who enforces the law, often the brave sheriffs of Old West stories.