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bail⋅ie

  [bey-lee]
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–noun
1. (in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
2. Obsolete. bailiff.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME baillie < OF bailli, var. of baillif bailiff
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bail·ie   (bā'lē)   
n.  

  1. A Scottish municipal officer corresponding to an English alderman.

  2. Obsolete A bailiff.


[Middle English baillie, town official, from Old French, variant of baillis; see bailiff.]
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