: 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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There’s Wyatt Earp, the mustachioed Old West lawman.
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Who was this irritant who had eluded the most sophisticated lawmen in the country, thanks to the triviality of his crimes?
—David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Cinematic lawmen like Little Bill in Unforgiven and Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine—films that inspired Eddington—commanded their towns with a near iron will.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The now-former lawman was among the Kentucky sheriffs examined in a recent Courier Journal investigation on sheriffs who remained in office despite criminal charges or convictions.
—Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Who was this irritant who had eluded the most sophisticated lawmen in the country, thanks to the triviality of his crimes?
—David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Cinematic lawmen like Little Bill in Unforgiven and Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine—films that inspired Eddington—commanded their towns with a near iron will.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The now-former lawman was among the Kentucky sheriffs examined in a recent Courier Journal investigation on sheriffs who remained in office despite criminal charges or convictions.
—Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lawman
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“Lawman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawman. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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lawman
noun
law·man
ˈlȯ-mən 
: a law-enforcement officer (as a sheriff or marshal)
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