different between sheriff vs tourn

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)

1. (Britain, 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 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)

1. 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)

1. sheriff (all senses)

   Synonym: alguacil

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman. Doublet of turn.

Noun

tourn (plural tourns)

1. A circuit made by a medieval English sheriff to the courts of his shire.
2. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A spinning wheel.

Anagrams

• Toru?, run to