lawman
Plural: lawmen
Noun
- A law-enforcement officer, especially in a frontier setting.
- 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.
Examples
- The LAWMAN of Words With Friends quickly spotted the illegal blank tile usage.
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
law officer, peace officer, Orcadian & Shetlandic chief justice, lageman, lagman, lawspeaker, police officer
Scrabble Score: 11
lawman: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlawman: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lawman: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary