Captain and Lawman

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Captain noun - A person in overall command of a ship.

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Lawman and captain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lawman" instead a noun "Captain".

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Lawman noun - A member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level.

Usage example: as the rural county's chief lawman, the sheriff has to patrol a vast area with only minimal manpower

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Captain and lawman are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captain" instead a noun "Lawman".

Only Captain Victor Corsaire, the galaxy's greatest lawman and "clean-living hero of millions," can stop him.

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For the first fourth or so of the picture, Captain Love seems less like an evil villain and more like a lawman who is only an antagonist because the hero of the movie is an outlaw.

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