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    LAW OFFICER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An officer of the lawplay

    Synonyms:

    law officer; lawman; peace officer

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    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)

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