"lensmann" meaning in All languages combined

See lensmann on Wiktionary

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: lensmannen [definite, singular], lensmenn [indefinite, plural], lensmennene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From len (“fief”) + mann (“man”). Etymology templates: {{compound|nn|len|mann|t1=fief|t2=man}} len (“fief”) + mann (“man”) Head templates: {{head|nn|noun|definite singular|lensmannen|indefinite plural|lensmenn|definite plural|lensmennene|g=m}} lensmann m (definite singular lensmannen, indefinite plural lensmenn, definite plural lensmennene)
  1. a sheriff Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-lensmann-nn-noun-p1-hP6E8
  2. a policeman Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-lensmann-nn-noun-v24tqkIE
  3. a constable Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-lensmann-nn-noun-M-ZeFpiH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lænsmainn (Trøndelag) [dialectal] Related terms: slå lens

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        "3": "mann",
        "t1": "fief",
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      "expansion": "len (“fief”) + mann (“man”)",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From len (“fief”) + mann (“man”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lensmannen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
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    },
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  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "slå lens"
    }
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    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The policeman? Now you are being silly again. I have not wanted to see him.",
          "ref": "1938, O.Duun, Menneske og maktene",
          "text": "Lensmannen? Nå er du idiot igjen. Eg vilde ikkje sjå han.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        {
          "english": "Sorry, dear constable, I and you hell ain't no friends",
          "ref": "2015, Olsen (lyrics and music), “Konstabel snus”, in Makt og ære, blod og spy, performed by Faensmakt",
          "text": "Beklager, kjære lensmann, æ og du e faen itt dus",
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        }
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "lænsmainn"
    }
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  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "slå lens"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sheriff"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The policeman? Now you are being silly again. I have not wanted to see him.",
          "ref": "1938, O.Duun, Menneske og maktene",
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          "english": "Sorry, dear constable, I and you hell ain't no friends",
          "ref": "2015, Olsen (lyrics and music), “Konstabel snus”, in Makt og ære, blod og spy, performed by Faensmakt",
          "text": "Beklager, kjære lensmann, æ og du e faen itt dus",
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    {
      "roman": "Trøndelag",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "lænsmainn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lensmann"
}

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