sheriff

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

sheriffssherriffshrieve

1.
(British)(British, except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
2.
(Scotland)A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
3.
(US)A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

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verb

V_es/s

sheriffs

V_ing/Gerund

sheriffing

V_ed/pp

sheriffedsherriff

1.
(transitive)To carry out the duties of a sheriff.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

sheriffess sheriffhood subsheriff undersheriff sheriffaltyhigh sheriffsheriffdomSheriff Huttonsheriffry sheriffship sheriffwickthere is a new sheriff in townmarshal constable bailiffjustice of the peacepolicehatti-sherif etymologically unrelated

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle English shirreve, in turn Old English sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire + reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif , an Arabic title of honour with cognates in other languages, including Persian, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.