bailie
/ˈbeɪli
/noun (plural bailies) chiefly historical
A municipal officer and magistrate in Scotland.His sister Mary tried to rule with the help of a new bailie, but the empire was clearly vulnerable....
- A meeting is being scheduled for March with the new minister, Lord Watson, and a bailie, the council's culture and leisure convener.
- After Yolanda died, Conon of Béthune again served as bailie.
Origin
Middle English (originally used interchangeably with bailiff): from Old French bailli.
Rhymes
- -ite
- I tell a lie (or that's a lie)
- I tell you (or I can tell you)
- item
- itemise
- itemization
- itemize
- itemizer
- iterate
- Peruvian daffodil
- Peruvian heliotrope
- Peruvian lily
- Peruvian mastic
- Peruvian mastic tree
- Peruvian Paso
- Peruvian province
- peruvin
- perv
- pervade
- pervader
- pervadingly
- pervaginal
- per vaginam
- pervaporate
- pervaporation