lagmanEtymologyFrom Kapampangan Lagman.nameA Filipino surname from Kapampangan.nounIn medieval Scandinavia and parts of the Danelaw: a district official, magistrate or judge; a lawspeaker.“There was a ſucceſſion of thirty-eight lagmans, which continued till 1262, when the republic [the Icelandic Commonwealth] was deſtroyed by the Danes.”The presiding justice of the supreme court; a lawman.