sheriff
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited 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.
Base: shire
Inflected forms:
form: sheriffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sherriff
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: shrieve
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: sheriffs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sheriffing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sheriffed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sheriffed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: sherriff
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: shrieve
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: To carry out the duties of a sheriff.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: high sheriff
sheriffalty
sheriffdom
sheriffess
sheriffhood
Sheriff Hutton
sheriffry
sheriffship
sheriffwick
subsheriff
there is a new sheriff in town
undersheriff
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: شَرِيف
roman: šarīf
lang: Armenian
word: շերիֆ
roman: šerif
lang: Belarusian
word: шэры́ф
roman: šerýf
lang: Bulgarian
word: шери́ф
roman: šeríf
lang: Catalan
word: xèrif
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 郡治安官
roman: jùnzhì'ānguān
lang: Czech
word: šerif
lang: Dutch
word: sheriff
lang: Esperanto
word: ŝerifo
lang: Finnish
word: šeriffi
lang: Finnish
word: seriffi
lang: Finnish
word: sheriffi
lang: French
word: shérif
lang: Galician
word: shériff
lang: Georgian
word: შერიფი
roman: šeripi
lang: German
word: Sheriff
lang: Greek
word: σερίφης
roman: serífis
lang: Hebrew
word: שֶׁרִיף
roman: šeríf
lang: Hindi
word: शेरिफ़
roman: śerif
lang: Hindi
word: शरीफ
roman: śarīph
lang: Hungarian
word: seriff
lang: Hungarian
word: megyei rendőrfőnök
lang: Icelandic
word: fógeti
lang: Icelandic
word: skerfari
lang: Ido
word: ushero
lang: Irish
word: sirriam
lang: Italian
word: sceriffo
lang: Japanese
word: 保安官
roman: hoankan
lang: Japanese
word: シェリフ
roman: sherifu
lang: Japanese
word: 郡治安官
roman: gunchiankan
lang: Korean
word: 보안관
roman: boan'gwan
lang: Korean
word: 형사
roman: hyeongsa
lang: Malay
word: syerif
lang: Marathi
word: शेरिफ
roman: śeriph
lang: Norwegian
word: sheriff
lang: Norwegian
word: lensmann
lang: Ojibwe
word: dakoniwewinini
lang: Persian
word: کلانتر
roman: kalântar
lang: Persian
word: شریف
roman: šerif
lang: Polish
word: szeryf
lang: Portuguese
word: xerife
lang: Romanian
word: șerif
lang: Russian
word: шери́ф
roman: šeríf
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: siorram
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шѐриф
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šèrif
lang: Spanish
word: sheriff
lang: Spanish
word: alguacil
lang: Swedish
word: sheriff
lang: Tagalog
word: serip
lang: Turkish
word: şerif
lang: Ukrainian
word: шери́ф
roman: šerýf
lang: Urdu
word: شیرف
roman: śerif
lang: Welsh
word: siryf