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bailiff

noun

  1. manager, overseer or custodian
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪlɪf/

name

Etymology: Occupational surname, from bailiff.

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English baillif, baylyf, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bailif (plural bailis), probably from Vulgar Latin *bāiulivus (“castellan”), from Latin bāiulus (“porter; steward”), whence also bail. As a translation of foreign titles, semantic loan from French bailli, Scots bailie, Dutch baljuw, etc. Mostly replaced the role of native reeve. Doublet of bailo.

  1. An officer of the court
  2. An officer of the court
  3. An officer of the court
  4. An officer of the court
  5. An officer of the court
  6. A public administrator
  7. A public administrator
  8. A public administrator
  9. A public administrator
  10. A public administrator

    “The Bailiff of Jersey is the President of the States and acts as Speaker of the Assembly in the Westminster tradition. He is responsible for the orderly conduct of the States Assembly and its business. As Presiding Officer he has the right of speech – which is mainly exercised for ensuring the orderly conduct of the proceedings – but he cannot vote.”

  11. A public administrator
  12. A public administrator
  13. A public administrator
  14. A public administrator
  15. A public administrator
  16. A private administrator, particularly
  17. A private administrator, particularly

    “Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.”

  18. A private administrator, particularly
  19. Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.