Lawman

//ˈlɔmæn//

Synonyms for "lawman" (100 found)

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Translations

9 translations across 7 languages.

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French

1 entries
  • homme de loi noun (an officer of the law)

Latin

2 entries
  • lagemannus noun (a lawspeaker)
  • lagemannus noun (a medieval Dano-English magistrate)

Old Frisian

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  • āsega noun (a lawspeaker)

Old High German

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  • ēwasago noun (a lawspeaker)

Old Saxon

1 entries
  • ēosago noun (a lawspeaker)

Polish

1 entries
  • stróż prawa noun (an officer of the law)

Russian

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  • представи́тель зако́на noun (an officer of the law)
  • суде́бный исполни́тель noun (an officer of the law)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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In the nineteen twenties, during the Prohibition era, the United States banned alcohol. Poplar Island was used to produce it illegally. But this did not last. A local lawman poured the alcohol into the bay.

Source: tatoeba (12272364)

From the twelfth century Shetland had been administered directly by the Norwegian crown through the 'foud', rather than forming part of the patrimony of a great aristocratic estate. The foud appointed 'underfouds' and the Shetlands evolved their own elected officers, a 'lawman' and parish 'lawrightmen', who adjudicated and negotiated the collection of customary taxes and fines on behalf of the local population.

Source: wiktionary

"Fill your hand, you sonuvabitch," the old lawman cries, clamping the reins of his horse between his teeth and filling his own hands with six-gun and repeater.

Source: wiktionary

The two lawmen punched his ticket with four well-aimed rifle shots.

Source: wiktionary

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