1. (n.)bailiff an officer, similar to a sheriff, employed to keep order in the court, make arrests, etc.
2. bailiff (in Britain) a person charged with local administrative authority, or the chiefmagistrate in a town.
3. bailiff (esp. in Britain) an overseer of a landed estate or farm.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME baillif < OF, der. of bail custody; see bail1)
Definition of 'bailiff'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)bailiff an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Definition of 'bailiff'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)bailiff originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted
2. (noun)bailiff a sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc
3. (noun)bailiff an overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc
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