lawman

lawman
/law"man', -meuhn/, n., pl. lawmen /-men', -meuhn/.
an officer of the law, as a sheriff or police officer.
[bef. 1000; ME laweman, earlier lageman, OE lahmann. See LAW1, -MAN]

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