society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > 			[noun]		 > specifically in foreign countries (2)		
transferred. Applied to officers (in foreign countries) with functions analogous to those of the sheriff; a governor of a district or city. Obsolete.
One charged with public administrative authority in a certain district. Used as the English form of the title of various foreign magistrates; e.g…