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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative länsman länsmannen länsmän länsmännen
Genitive länsmans länsmannens länsmäns länsmännens

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References
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