English dictionary · noun

lawman

A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.

Meaning and definitions

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.

Connected roots

• man-

  hand

Explore the word family

These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.

• manual

  operated by hand rather than automatically

• batman

  A servant or valet to a military officer.

• manufacture

  to make something on a large scale using machinery

• businessman

  A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

• manuscript

  a document written by hand or an author's text before printing

• statesman

  A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.

• batsman

  A player of the batting side now on the field.

• snowman

  A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

• portman

  A burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports.

• journeyman

  A tradesman who has completed an apprenticeship or equivalent educational path in a trade.

• kinsman

  A male relative.

• shipman

  Synonym of sailor.

• boatman

  A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.

• draughtsman

  A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.

• woodsman

  A man who lives and works in woodland; a forester or woodman.

• megaman

  A very large or powerful man.

• starman

  A spaceman.

• lightman

  A man who carries or takes care of a light.

• beeman

  One who tends bees, usually as an occupation; beekeeper.

Save this word and practice it →