lawman

[ law-man, -muh n ]

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Word Origin & History

1530s, "lawyer," from law + man (n.). Meaning "law-enforcement officer" is from 1865. There is an Anglo-Latin lagamannus "magistrate" from early 12c.

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.

But when the King came to table he asked where was lawman Emund.

"Nevertheless, I should like much to know what he paid for it," said the Lawman.

It has happened that the Lawman also has seen the Skraellings!

"Now that is a strange way to speak of the Lawman," he remarked.

But the end was, that the judges were divided, so the question was referred to the Lawman.

The Lawman was Thorkell Mani, and the question was referred to him.

Sturla the Lawman has declared that no outlaw was ever so distinguished as Grettir the Strong.

No lawman from Canada to Mexico will even stay in the same town with me!