Значение

значений: 5
  1. (историческое)A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.

    a male officer of the law

  2. (историческое)One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.

  3. (Orkney, Shetland)The presiding justice of the supreme court.

  4. (редкое)A man of the law: a lawyer.

  5. (разговорное)An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.

    представи́тель зако́наpredstavítelʹ zakóna, суде́бный исполни́тельsudébnyj ispolnítelʹ

Переводы

языков: 3
Русский
an officer of the law:

Происхождение

From Middle English laweman, laȝaman (as a man's name, Laȝamon, Layamon), from Old English

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.

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Формы

мн. число: lawmen
Ед. числоlawman
Мн. числоlawmen

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Синонимы

синонимов: 96

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