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What is a lawman?

What is a lawman? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
  2. (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
  3. (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
  4. (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
  5. (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
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The program involves a retired lawman who has a psychic ability to see criminal events when exposed to elements relating to the crime.
Like Olyphant, he had his first big break as a lawman, albeit a corrupt one, in the FX series The Shield.
The wife of a deceased lawman would never consider a proposal from a fugitive.
In the Wild West, no single lawman could possibly stop a gang of desperate outlaws.
In his incapacitated state the bogus lawman fell gratefully back onto the grass.
Doris also ventures back into the troubled waters of romance, whether she's being fixed up by her sons with an egotistical lawman or giving a braggart his comeuppance.

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