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sheriff
[ sher-if ]
noun
- the law-enforcement officer of a county or other civil subdivision of a state.
- (formerly) an important civil officer in an English shire.
sheriff
/ ˈʃɛrɪf /
noun
- (in the US) the chief law-enforcement officer in a county: popularly elected, except in Rhode Island
- (in England and Wales) the chief executive officer of the Crown in a county, having chiefly ceremonial duties shrieval
- (in Scotland) a judge in any of the sheriff courts
- (in Australia) an administrative officer of the Supreme Court, who enforces judgments and the execution of writs, empanels juries, etc
- (in New Zealand) an officer of the High Court
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Derived Forms
- ˈsheriffdom, noun
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Other Words From
- sher·iff·dom [sher, -if-d, uh, m], noun
- sub·sheriff noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sheriff1
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Example Sentences
The sheriff charged them with truancy, and then he and his officers ran them out of town.
We also see her physically battling Sheriff Clark, but the camera focuses on her falling to the ground.
The pastor told sheriff deputies that he spoke with the younger man “but said nothing inappropriate.”
In turn, he told the sheriff he had experimented with gay sex in college.
The preacher gave sheriff deputies permission to search his SUV but warned them “there was something bad” inside.
Judge or sheriff, it was all one to them, each being equally terrible in their eyes.
He felt very sorry for the Temecula people, the sheriff did; but he had to obey the law himself.
He was sheriff of Paris, 1770, and employed his leisure in objects of benevolence, till the revolution overwhelmed him.
You see, sir, we did not look upon him as a common sheriff's man: and he helped himself pretty freely.
The sheriff's hand came out of his pocket with a rush, bringing a pair of handcuffs along with it.
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