bailiffship

bailiffship
noun see bailiff

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • bailiffship — See bailiff. * * * …   Universalium

  • bailiffship — bai·liff·ship …   English syllables

  • bailiffship — noun the office of bailiff • Derivationally related forms: ↑bailiff • Hypernyms: ↑position, ↑post, ↑berth, ↑office, ↑spot, ↑billet, ↑place, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • bailiff — noun Etymology: Middle English baillif, bailie, from Anglo French baillif, from bail power, authority, office, from baillier to govern, administer, from Medieval Latin bajulare to care for, support, from Latin, to carry a burden more at bail Date …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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