sheriff
An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders,…(High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
» Are you the sheriff?
Ты шериф?
Вы шериф?
Значение
значений: 3(Британия)(High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
(Шотландия)A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
(США)A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.
Примеры
предложений: 81Are you the sheriff?
Ты шериф?
Tom was the sheriff.
Том был шерифом.
Tom is a county sheriff.
Том — окружной шериф.
I'm going to be the new sheriff.
I'd like to speak to the sheriff.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
Inherited from Middle English shirreve, in turn inherited from Old English sċīrġerēfa, corInherited from Middle English shirreve, in turn inherited from Old English sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire + reeve. There is no etymological connection to sharif (Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour with cognates in other languages, including Persian, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.
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