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law·man
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noun,
plural
law·men
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an officer of the law, as a sheriff or police officer.
Origin:
before 1000;
Middle English
laweman,
earlier
lageman,
Old English
lahmann.
See
law
1
,
-man
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lawman
(ˈlɔːmən)
—
n
,
pl
-men
chiefly
(
US
) an officer of the law, such as a policeman or sheriff
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