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LAW OFFICER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An officer of the law
Synonyms:
law officer; lawman; peace officer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("law officer" is a kind of...):
defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "law officer"):
warder (a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners)
warden (the chief official in charge of a prison)
Ranger; Texas Ranger (a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier)
solicitor general (a law officer appointed to assist an attorney general)
sheriff (the principal law-enforcement officer in a county)
police sergeant; sergeant (a lawman with the rank of sergeant)
officer; police officer; policeman (a member of a police force)
narc; narcotics agent; nark (a lawman concerned with narcotics violations)
military policeman; MP (a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners)
marshal; marshall (a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law)
lieutenant; police lieutenant (an officer in a police force)
gaoler; jailer; jailor; prison guard; screw; turnkey (someone who guards prisoners)
flatfoot; patrolman (a policeman who patrols a given region)
deputy; deputy sheriff (someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies)
constable (a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff)
border patrolman (someone who patrols the borders of a country)
attorney general (the chief law officer of a country or state)
