sheriff

See also Sheriff

English

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Etymology

Old English scīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire + reeve.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃɛɹɪf/

Noun

sheriff (plural sheriffs)

1. (UK) excl. (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)

Translations

all meanings

Arabic: شريف 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) Italian: sceriffo (it) m. Japanese: 保安官 (ja) (ほあんかん, hoankan) Norwegian: sheriff (no) m., lensmann (no) m. Persian: کلانتر (fa)

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) m.

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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.