: a law-enforcement officer (such as a sheriff or marshal)
Examples of lawman in a Sentence
Wyatt Earp was a famous American lawman of the Wild West.
as the rural county's chief lawman, the sheriff has to patrol a vast area with only minimal manpower
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Who was this irritant who had eluded the most sophisticated lawmen in the country, thanks to the triviality of his crimes?
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David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Cinematic lawmen like Little Bill in Unforgiven and Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine—films that inspired Eddington—commanded their towns with a near iron will.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The now-former lawman was among the Kentucky sheriffs examined in a recent Courier Journal investigation on sheriffs who remained in office despite criminal charges or convictions.
—Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
What initially appeared to be a deadly injury from an ambush now appears to be an execution-style killing by a man folklore said was, and was immortalized in popular culture as, an upstanding lawman.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
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David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Cinematic lawmen like Little Bill in Unforgiven and Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine—films that inspired Eddington—commanded their towns with a near iron will.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The now-former lawman was among the Kentucky sheriffs examined in a recent Courier Journal investigation on sheriffs who remained in office despite criminal charges or convictions.
—Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
What initially appeared to be a deadly injury from an ambush now appears to be an execution-style killing by a man folklore said was, and was immortalized in popular culture as, an upstanding lawman.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Lawman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawman. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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lawman
noun
law·man
ˈlȯ-mən 
: a law-enforcement officer (as a sheriff or marshal)
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