länsman

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See also: lansman and länsmän

Swedish

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Etymology

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län (“fief”) +‎ -s- +‎ man (“man”)

Noun

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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

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

See also

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References

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