lawman

Other forms: lawmen

Definitions of lawman
  1. noun
    an officer of the law
    synonyms: law officer, peace officer
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    attorney general
    the chief law officer of a country or state
    border patrolman
    someone who patrols the borders of a country
    constable
    a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
    deputy, deputy sheriff
    someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
    flatfoot, patrolman
    a policeman who patrols a given region
    gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey
    someone who guards prisoners
    lieutenant, police lieutenant
    an officer in a police force
    marshal, marshall
    a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law
    MP, military policeman
    a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
    narc, narcotics agent, nark
    a lawman concerned with narcotics violations
    officer, police officer, policeman
    a member of a police force
    police sergeant, sergeant
    a lawman with the rank of sergeant
    sheriff
    the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
    solicitor general
    a law officer appointed to assist an attorney general
    Ranger, Texas Ranger
    a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier
    warden
    the chief official in charge of a prison
    warder
    a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
    buck sergeant
    a sergeant of the lowest rank in the military
    air marshal, sky marshal
    a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight
    bobby
    an informal term for a British policeman
    bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig
    uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
    captain, police captain, police chief
    a policeman in charge of a precinct
    constable, police constable
    a police officer of the lowest rank
    desk sergeant, deskman, station keeper
    the police sergeant on duty in a police station
    detective, investigator, police detective, tec
    a police officer who investigates crimes
    gendarme
    a French policeman
    inspector
    a high ranking police officer
    motorcycle cop, motorcycle policeman, speed cop
    a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists)
    police matron, policewoman
    a woman policeman
    provost marshal
    the supervisor of the military police
    redcap
    a member of the military police in Britain
    Mountie
    colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
    shoofly
    an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen
    traffic cop
    a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic
    trooper
    a mounted policeman
    state trooper, trooper
    a state police officer
    wardress
    a woman warder
    type of:
    defender, guardian, protector, shielder
    a person who cares for persons or property
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