Synonyms for lawmen
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : law-man, -muh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔˌmæn, -mən |
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Définition of lawmen
Origin :- 1530s, "lawyer," from law + man (n.). Meaning "law-enforcement officer" is from 1865. There is an Anglo-Latin lagamannus "magistrate" from early 12c.
- As in officer of the law : noun police officer
- As in police officer : noun officer of the law
- As in cop : noun policeperson
- If they didn't have an identification of pressmen or ranger or lawmen of some kind, they were turned back.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- Over the bodies of these, presumably Danish, lawmen there has been much disputation.
- Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland
- We know that taken individually the lawmen of Lincoln were holders of heritable franchises, of sake and soke.
- Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland
- So late as 1275 the twelve lawmen of Stamford lived on in the persons of their heirs or successors.
- Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland
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