bailiff
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
government
law-enforcement
mining
Etymology: From Middle English baillif, baylyf, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bailif (plural bailis), probably from Vulgar Latin *bāiulivus (“castellan”), from Latin bāiulus (“porter; steward”), whence also bail. As a translation of foreign titles, semantic loan from French bailli, Scots bailie, Dutch baljuw, etc. Mostly replaced the role of native reeve. Doublet of bailo.
Inflected forms:
form: bailiffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An officer of the court
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: An officer of the court
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: An officer of the court
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: An officer of the court
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: An officer of the court
pos: noun
gloss: A public administrator
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A public administrator
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A public administrator
pos: noun
gloss: A public administrator
pos: noun
gloss: A public administrator
pos: noun
examples: The Bailiff of Jersey is the President of the States and acts as Speaker of the Assembly in the Westminster tradition. He is responsible for the orderly conduct of the States Assembly and its business. As Presiding Officer he has the right of speech – which is mainly exercised for ensuring the orderly conduct of the proceedings – but he cannot vote.
gloss: A public administrator
pos: noun
gloss: A public administrator
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A public administrator
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A public administrator
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A public administrator
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A private administrator, particularly
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A private administrator, particularly
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
gloss: A private administrator, particularly
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
Synonyms: steward
overseer
Related words: bail
bailing
bailee
bailer
bailey
bailie
bailiery
bailiary
bailiric
bailivate
bailiwick
bailliage
baillie
bailly
reeve
Derived words: bailiff-errant
bailiff-haunted
bailiff-peer
bailiffry
bailiffship
bailiffwick
bumbailiff
bum-bailiff
bum bailiff
deputy bailiff
deputy high bailiff
Deputy High Bailiff
farm bailiff
High-bailiff
High Bailiff
jury bailiff
private bailiff
provincial bailiff
subbailiff
underbailiff
under-bailiff
water bailiff
Translations:
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 執達吏 /执达吏
roman: zap¹ daat⁶ lei⁶
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 執達主任 /执达主任
roman: zap¹ daat⁶ zyu² jam⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 執達吏 /执达吏
roman: zhídálì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 執達主任 /执达主任
roman: zhídá zhǔrèn
lang: Irish
word: báille
lang: Latin
word: ballivus
lang: Latin
word: bāiulus
lang: Malay
word: bailif
lang: Malay
word: بايليف
lang: Manx
word: baylee
lang: Manx
word: meoir
lang: Polish
word: baliw
lang: Russian
word: бе́йлиф
roman: bɛ́jlif
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: maor
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bàillidh
lang: Arabic
word: مَأْمُور
roman: maʔmūr
lang: Armenian
word: դատական կարգադրիչ
roman: datakan kargadričʻ
lang: Belarusian
word: судо́вы выкана́ўца
roman: sudóvy vykanáwca
lang: Bulgarian
word: съде́бен при́став
roman: sǎdében prístav
lang: Catalan
word: algutzir
lang: Catalan
word: agutzil
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 執達吏 /执达吏
roman: zap¹ daat⁶ lei⁶
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 執達主任 /执达主任
roman: zap¹ daat⁶ zyu² jam⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 法警
roman: fǎjǐng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 執達吏 /执达吏
roman: zhídálì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 執達主任 /执达主任
roman: zhídá zhǔrèn
lang: Czech
word: soudní exekutor
lang: Dutch
word: baljuw
lang: Dutch
word: drost
lang: Dutch
word: drossaard
lang: Dutch
word: amman
lang: Dutch
word: meier
lang: Dutch
word: schout
lang: Dutch
word: gerechtsdeurwaarder
lang: Faroese
word: fúti
lang: Finnish
word: vouti
lang: Finnish
word: oikeudenpalvelija
lang: French
word: huissier
lang: French
word: huissier de justice
lang: Galician
word: bailío
lang: Galician
word: meiriño
lang: Galician
word: pertegueiro
lang: Galician
word: godallo
lang: German
word: Gerichtsvollzieher
lang: German
word: Büttel
lang: German
word: Häscher
lang: Hindi
word: कारिदा
roman: kāridā
lang: Hungarian
word: végrehajtó
lang: Indonesian
word: juru sita
lang: Ingrian
word: kubjas
lang: Irish
word: maor
lang: Irish
word: báille
lang: Japanese
word: 執達吏
roman: shittatsuri
lang: Korean
word: 집행관
roman: jiphaenggwan
lang: Latin
word: bāiulus
lang: Macedonian
word: су́дски извр́шител
roman: súdski izvŕšitel
lang: Polabian
word: åberhai̯d
lang: Polabian
word: amman
lang: Polish
word: komornik
lang: Polish
word: komornica
lang: Portuguese
word: oficial de justiça
lang: Portuguese
word: meirinho
lang: Russian
word: суде́бный исполни́тель
roman: sudébnyj ispolnítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: суде́бный при́став
roman: sudébnyj prístav
lang: Russian
word: при́став-исполни́тель
roman: prístav-ispolnítelʹ
lang: Slovak
word: exekútor
lang: Slovak
word: súdny exekútor
lang: Spanish
word: alguacil
lang: Swedish
word: fogde
lang: Swedish
word: tillsyningsman
lang: Ukrainian
word: судови́й викона́вець
roman: sudovýj vykonávecʹ
lang: Venetan
word: ofisiałe