: 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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And not all lawmen were like Alberti: a constable Southerners mistakenly wired about six fugitives alerted Still instead.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Jan. 2025
The comically macho lawman built his entire identity around the notion that the bad guys never beat him.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
Alex Breaux’s character, Wild Bill Hickman, was a notorious lawman and a member of this militia.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Though set in a coastal town, Lorenz’s film possesses all the hallmarks of a classic Western: the steady lawman (Ciarán Hinds), the helpful neighbor (Niamh Cusack), the outlaw friend (Colm Meaney), and the quick-trigger gunslinger (Jack Gleeson).
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Jan. 2025
The comically macho lawman built his entire identity around the notion that the bad guys never beat him.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
Alex Breaux’s character, Wild Bill Hickman, was a notorious lawman and a member of this militia.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Though set in a coastal town, Lorenz’s film possesses all the hallmarks of a classic Western: the steady lawman (Ciarán Hinds), the helpful neighbor (Niamh Cusack), the outlaw friend (Colm Meaney), and the quick-trigger gunslinger (Jack Gleeson).
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Lawman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawman. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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lawman
noun
law·man
ˈlȯ-mən 
: a law-enforcement officer (as a sheriff or marshal)
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