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lagman¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Swedish lagman. Doublet of lawman.

noun lagmans

  1. historical In 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.
  2. Orkney, Shetland, historical The presiding justice of the supreme court; a lawman.

lagman²

noun lagmans

  1. alternative, uncountable, usually Alternative form of laghman

Lagman³

Where it comes from

From Kapampangan Lagman.

proper noun Lagmans

  1. A Filipino surname from Kapampangan.

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"lagman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lagman. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lagman. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lagman

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"lagman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lagman.

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@misc{lagman_2026,
  title = {lagman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lagman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}