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1. (n.) sheriff
the law-enforcement officer of a county or other civil subdivision of a state.
2. sheriff
(formerly) an important civil officer in an English shire.
Etymology: (bef. 1050; OE scīrgerēfa. See shire , reeve1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sheriff
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
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1. (noun) sheriff
the chief law officer in a U.S. county
the sheriff's office
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Sheriff
the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Sheriff
in England the chief officer of the Crown in every county, appointed annually, and intrusted with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of peace and order, with power to summon the posse commitatus. The office originated in Anglo-Saxon times, when it exercised wide judicial functions which have been gradually curtailed, and such duties as remain—the execution of writs, enforcement of legal decisions, &c., are mostly delegated to an under-sheriff (usually a lawyer) and bound-bailiffs, while the sheriff himself, generally a person of wealth (the office being unsalaried and compulsory, but not necessarily for more than one year) discharges merely honorary duties. In Scotland the sheriff, or sheriff-depute as he is called, is the chief judge of the county, and has under him one or more sheriffs-substitute, upon whom devolves the larger portion of the important and multifarious duties of his office. In America the sheriff is the chief administrative officer of the county, but exercises no judicial functions at all.
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Sense: in the United States, the chief law officer of a county, concerned with maintaining peace and order.
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 Afrikaans: sjerif |
 Arabic: الشَّريف |
 Bulgarian: шериф |
 Brazilian: xerife |
 Czech: šerif |
 German: der Sheriff |
 Danish: sherif |
 Greek: σερίφης |
 Spanish: sheriff, alguacil |
 Estonian: ðerif |
 Farsi: كلانتر |
 Finnish: seriffi |
 French: shérif |
 Hebrew: שֶׁרִיף |
 Hindi: शेरिफ, सुमान्य, अधिकारी |
 Croatian: šerif |
 Hungarian: seriff |
 Indonesian: sheriff |
 Icelandic: lögreglustjóri |
 Italian: sceriffo |
 Japanese: 保安官 |
 Korean: 보안관 |
 Lithuanian: šerifas |
 Latvian: šerifs |
 Malay: syerif |
 Dutch: sheriff |
 Norwegian: sheriff |
 Polish: szeryf |
 Persian: كلانتر |
 Pashto: ولسوال، حاكم |
 Portuguese: xerife |
 Romanian: şerif |
 Russian: шериф |
 Slovak: šerif |
 Slovenian: šerif |
 Serbian: šerif |
 Swedish: sheriff |
 Thai: นายอำเภอ |
 Turkish: şerif |
 Taiwanese: (美國)警長 |
 Ukrainian: шериф |
 Urdu: کاؤنٹی کا سربراہ شاہی افس |
 Vietnamese: quận trưởng |
 Chinese: 县级行政司法长官，郡治安官，州长 |
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