lawman

Meaning

1. A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
2. One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
3. The presiding justice of the supreme court.
4. A man of the law: a lawyer.
5. (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.

Synonyms

law officer

peace officer

attorney at law

bailiff

barrister

counsel

counselor-at-law

jurist

lawyer

legal adviser

pleader

solicitor

supporter

usher

advocate

avocat

attorney

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɔːmæn/

Etymology

From Middle English laweman, laȝaman (as a man's name, Laȝamon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, borrowed from Old Norse lǫgmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law + -man.