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sher·iff

   [sher-if]
noun
1.
the law-enforcement officer of a county or other civil subdivision of a state.
2.
(formerly) an important civil officer in an English shire.
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Origin:
before 1050; Middle English sher(r)ef, Old English scīrgerēfa. See shire, reeve1

Related forms
sher·iff·dom  [sher-if-duhm] , noun
sub·sher·iff, noun
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sheriff
late O.E. scirgerefa "representative of royal authority in a shire," from scir (see shire) + gerefa "chief, official, reeve" (see reeve). In Anglo-Saxon England, the representative of royal authority in a shire. As an American county official, attested from 1662; sheriff's sale first recorded 1798.
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(Dan. 3:2), Babylonian officers.

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