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sheriff
English
Alternative forms
- sherriff, shrieve (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English shirreve, from Old English sc?r?er?fa, corresponding to shire +? reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (??????? (šar?f)), an Arabic title of honour that has cognates in other languages including Hindi, Urdu, Portuguese, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????f/, /?????f/
Noun
sheriff (plural sheriffs)
- (Britain, except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
- (Scotland) A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
- (US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in his county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
sheriff (third-person singular simple present sheriffs, present participle sheriffing, simple past and past participle sheriffed)
- To carry out the duties of a sheriff
Anagrams
- Shiffer
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sheriff.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?if/, [??e.?if]
Noun
sheriff m (plural sheriffs)
- sheriff (all senses)
- Synonym: alguacil
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lawman
English
Etymology
From Middle English laweman, la?aman (as a man's name, La?amon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, from Old Norse l?gmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law +? -man.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA(key): /?l??mæn/, /?l??m?n/
- (US) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA(key): /?l?mæn/, /?l?m?n/
- Rhymes: -??m?n
Noun
lawman (plural lawmen)
- (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
- (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
- (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
Synonyms
- (speaker of the law): lawspeaker
- (medieval Dano-English magistrates): lageman, lagman
- (Orcadian & Shetlandic chief justice): lawman-general, lagman
- (law-enforcement officer): See Thesaurus:police officer
Translations
References
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Etymology
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lawman
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