Dictionary Entry
bailiff
bailiff is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted.
- 2noun
A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.
- 3noun
An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.
- 4noun
an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
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