bailiff
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from bāiulus
- derived from *bāiulivus✻
- derived from bailif
- inherited from baillif
Definitions
An officer of the court
A public administrator
A private administrator, particularly
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Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.
A surname originating as an occupation.
The neighborhood
- synonymstewardmedieval administrator
- synonymoverseermedieval overseer
- neighborbail
- neighborbailing
- neighborbailee
- neighborbailer
- neighborbailey
- neighborbailie
- neighborbailiery
- neighborbailiary
- neighborbailiric
- neighborbailivate
- neighborbailiwick
- neighborbailliage
Derived
bailiff-errant, bailiff-haunted, bailiff-peer, bailiffry, bailiffship, bailiffwick, bumbailiff, bum-bailiff, bum bailiff, deputy bailiff, deputy high bailiff, farm bailiff, High-bailiff, High Bailiff, jury bailiff, private bailiff, provincial bailiff, subbailiff, underbailiff, under-bailiff, water bailiff
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA