Definition of lawman
: a law-enforcement officer (such as a sheriff or marshal)
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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
Recent Examples of lawman from the Web
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Fearing for their lives, at least one of the lawmen opened fire.
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The lawman spent two years with the FBI and worked for Northern Arizona University police before joining the Air Force and serving in Vietnam.
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Interviews led lawmen to obtain the warrants against Bennett and Ellis, as well as two other men.
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America — the nation, ironically, that seemed to care the least about soccer — had swaggered in like some Old West lawman and done something nobody else could: clean up the beautiful game.
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Double-crosses and double-speak thrive among all parties: bandits, lawmen and the hapless souls caught in between.
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More than anyone since J. Edgar Hoover, Mr. Comey embraced the persona of national lawman.
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The bond between Stan and Philip is genuine, Rhys says, suggesting that relationship played a role in the lawman's decision to back down.
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The disclosures make clear that the Justice Department’s investigations are in fact expanding and accelerating into territory Trump has previously said the lawmen have no business looking at.
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First Known Use of lawman
1944
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detective, inspector, investigator, plainclothesman, sherlock, sleuth;
marshal (also marshall), sheriff, trooper;
captain, lieutenant, sergeant;
constabulary, heat [slang], police, police force;
operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator;
LAWMAN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of lawman for English Language Learners
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: someone (such as a sheriff or marshal) whose job is to make sure that people obey the law
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