| 单词 | bailiff |
| 释义 | bailiff n. 1. a sheriff's officer who executes writs and processes and carries out distraints and arrests. 2. Brit. the agent or steward of a landlord. 3. US an official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc. 4. Brit. (hist. except in formal titles) the sovereign's representative in a district, esp. the chief officer of a hundred. 5. the first civil officer in the Channel Islands. Etymology: ME f. OF baillif ult. f. L bajulus carrier, manager |
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