Bailiff
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English
Noun
Bailiff (plural Bailiffs)- (law) A legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed.
- (UK) The steward or overseer of an estate.
Adjectives for Bailiff
dishonest; hateful; gun-toting; indolent; amiable; strict; pernicious; corrupt; radiant; rash; equitable; discriminating; sympathetic; competent; honorable; terrible; ruthless; capable; brutal; wicked; frowning; dispassionate; wanton; incompetent; scurrilous; illiterate;
Thesaurus
attorney, beadle, beagle, bound bailiff, butler, captain, catchpole, chief of police, commissioner, constable, croupier, curator, custodian, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, emcee, factor, fed, federal, flic, gendarme, government man, guardian, housekeeper, inspector, landreeve, librarian, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, majordomo, marshal, master of ceremonies, mounted policeman, narc, officer, patrolman, peace officer, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, proctor, procurator, reeve, roundsman, seneschal, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, steward, superintendent, tipstaff, tipstaves, trooper
Etymology
Anglo-Norman and Old French bailif (plural bailis), Late Latin *baiulivus. Compare Modern French bailli
