sheriff

See also Sheriff

English

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Etymology

From Old English scīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire + reeve.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃɛɹɪf/

Noun

sheriff (plural sheriffs)

1. (UK, except, Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders and other duties.
2. (Scotland) A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
3. (US) A police officer, usually the chief of police for a county or other district.

Alternative forms

• shrieve (obsolete)

Derived terms

• sheriffalty
• sheriffdom
• sheriffry
• sheriffship
• sheriffwick

Translations

all meanings

• Arabic: شريف (ar) (šarīf) m
• Belarusian: шэрыф (be) (šerýf) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郡治安官 (cmn) (jùnzhì'ānguān)

• Czech: šerif (cs) m
• Dutch: sheriff (nl) m
• Esperanto: ŝerifo (eo)
• Finnish: šeriffi (fi), seriffi (fi), sheriffi (fi)
• French: shérif (fr) m
• German: Sheriff (de) m
• Hungarian: seriff (hu)
• Icelandic: fógeti (is), skerfari (is) m
• Italian: sceriffo (it) m
• Japanese: 保安官 (ja) (ほあんかん, hoankan), シェリフ (ja) (sherifu)

• Malay: syerif (ms)
• Norwegian: sheriff (no) m, lensmann (no) m
• Persian: کلانتر (fa) (kalântar)
• Polish: szeryf (pl) m
• Portuguese: xerife (pt) m
• Russian: шериф (ru) (šeríf) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: siorram (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шѐриф (sh) m

  Roman: šèrif (sh) m

• Spanish: sheriff (es) m
• Swedish: sheriff (sv) c
• Turkish: şerif (tr)
• Ukrainian: шериф (uk) (šerýf) m 

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Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English sheriff.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈ(t)ʃe.ɾif/

Noun

sheriff m (plural sheriffs)

1. sheriff (all senses)

Synonyms

• alguacil m