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.
» I'm going to be the new sheriff.
Meaning
3 senses(UK)(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
(Scotland)A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
(US)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.
Examples
81 sentencesI'm going to be the new sheriff.
I'd like to speak to the sheriff.
The sheriff told Tom to be out of town by sundown.
Are you the sheriff?
ruТы шериф?
Tom was the sheriff.
ruТом был шерифом.
Translations
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Origin
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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