lagman

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noun

In medieval Scandinavia and parts of the Danelaw: a district official, magistrate or judge; a lawspeaker.

OriginSwedish lagman →
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Meanings

lagman1

nounlagman (plural lagmans)

plural lagmans

  1. historicallawIn medieval Scandinavia and parts of the Danelaw: a district official, magistrate or judge; a lawspeaker.

    There was a ſucceſſion of thirty-eight lagmans, which continued till 1262, when the republic [the Icelandic Commonwealth] was deſtroyed by the Danes.

    1788, Allan Maconochie, “Essay on the Origin and Structure of the European Legislatures”, in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, volume I, Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh, Part I, page 23
  2. OrkneyShetlandhistoricallawThe presiding justice of the supreme court; a lawman.

lagman2

nounlagman (usually uncountable, plural lagmans)

plural lagmans

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of laghman.

Lagman3

proper nounLagman (plural Lagmans)

plural Lagmans

  1. A Filipino surname from Kapampangan.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lawman

Origin

lagman · noun

  1. Swedishlagman
  2. Englishlagman

Borrowed from Swedish lagman. Doublet of lawman.

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Lagman · proper noun

  1. KapampanganLagman
  2. EnglishLagman

From Kapampangan Lagman.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

lagman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lagman

MLA

“lagman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lagman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lagman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lagman.

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