länsman

See also: lansman and länsmän

Swedish

Etymology

län (“fief”) +‎ -s- +‎ man (“man”)

Noun

länsman c

  1. (historical) (a title for) a local government administrative officer (tasked with, among other things, police duties), (roughly) a sheriff
    Tjuvjägarna fick passa sig för länsman
    The poachers had to watch out for the sheriff

Declension

Declension of länsman
nominative genitive
singular indefinite länsman länsmans
definite länsmannen länsmannens
plural indefinite länsmän länsmäns
definite länsmännen länsmännens

See also

References

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