: 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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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.
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Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Gray is the top lawman in the state's least populous county, north-central Kentucky's Robertson County.
—Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 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
Told from the point of view of Ruffalo's lawman and the everyman (Tom Pelphry) who is surprisingly leading the robberies, the drama is seriously dark but also thoughtful and addictive.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Gray is the top lawman in the state's least populous county, north-central Kentucky's Robertson County.
—Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 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
Told from the point of view of Ruffalo's lawman and the everyman (Tom Pelphry) who is surprisingly leading the robberies, the drama is seriously dark but also thoughtful and addictive.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lawman
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“Lawman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawman. Accessed 16 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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