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Bailie

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A bailiff. Scotland
  2. 2
    The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county, with functions like a sheriff's. Scotland
  3. 3
    A municipal officer in Scotland corresponding to an English alderman. Scotland

Etymology

From Old French bailli (“land steward; officer of justice”).

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