lawman
English
/ˈlɔːmæn/, /ˈlɔmæn/
noun
Definitions
- (law) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- (law) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- (law) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
- (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
- (informal) An officer of the law: a law law-enforcement officer.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English laweman derived from Old English lahmann (lawman) derived from Old Norse logmaðr, lǫgmaðr (lawman) affix from English law (low).
Origin
English
law
Gloss
low
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- BigLaw English
- Eurolaw English
- Westlaw English
- Zipf's law English
- astrolaw English
- brethren-in-law English
- cyberlaw English
- e-law English
- law English
- law enforcement English
- lawbook English
- lawbot English
- lawbreaker English
- lawbreaking English
- lawcode English
- lawful English
- lawgiver English
- lawgiving English
- lawing English
- lawless English
- lawlike English
- lawly English
- lawmaker English
- lawmaking English
- lawmonger English
- lawsome English
- lawspeaker English
- lawsuit English
- lawyer English
- metalaw English
- neurolaw English
- nonlaw English
- outlaw English
- powerlaw English
- prelaw English
- pseudolaw English
- scofflaw English
- sublaw English
- unlaw English
- lagemannus Latin
- lahmann Old English
- lawe Middle English
- laweman Middle English
- logmaðr, lǫgmaðr Old Norse
- lögmaður Icelandic
- lagh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- løgmaður Faroese
- lo Tok Pisin
- law
- unlaw
- e-law
- lawly
- sublaw
- outlaw
- lawful
- lawyer
- lawing
- BigLaw
- lawbot
- nonlaw
- prelaw
- lawless
- lawcode
- metalaw
- lawsuit
- Eurolaw
- lawbook
- lawlike
- lawsome
- Westlaw
- lawmaker
- lawgiver
- neurolaw
- cyberlaw
- astrolaw
- powerlaw
- scofflaw
- lawmonger
- lawgiving
- lawmaking
- pseudolaw
- lawbreaker
- lawspeaker
- Zipf's law
- lawbreaking
- brethren-in-law
- law enforcement