Sheriff

//ˈʃɛɹɪf//

Synonyms for "sheriff" (50 found)

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Noun(1 words)
judge

Related words (25)

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Translations

54 translations across 42 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • شَرِيف noun (all meanings)

Armenian

1 entries
  • շերիֆ noun (all meanings)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • шэры́ф noun (all meanings)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • шери́ф noun (all meanings)

Catalan

1 entries
  • xèrif noun (all meanings)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 郡治安官 noun (all meanings)

Czech

1 entries
  • šerif noun (all meanings)

Dutch

1 entries
  • sheriff noun (all meanings)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ŝerifo noun (all meanings)

Finnish

3 entries
  • seriffi noun (all meanings)
  • sheriffi noun (all meanings)
  • šeriffi noun (all meanings)

French

1 entries
  • shérif noun (all meanings)

Galician

1 entries
  • shériff noun (all meanings)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შერიფი noun (all meanings)

German

1 entries
  • Sheriff noun (all meanings)

Greek

1 entries
  • σερίφης noun (all meanings)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שֶׁרִיף noun (all meanings)

Hindi

2 entries
  • शरीफ noun (all meanings)
  • शेरिफ़ noun (all meanings)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • megyei rendőrfőnök noun (all meanings)
  • seriff noun (all meanings)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • fógeti noun (all meanings)
  • skerfari noun (all meanings)

Ido

1 entries
  • ushero noun (all meanings)

Irish

1 entries
  • sirriam noun (all meanings)

Italian

1 entries
  • sceriffo noun (all meanings)

Japanese

3 entries
  • シェリフ noun (all meanings)
  • 保安官 noun (all meanings)
  • 郡治安官 noun (all meanings)

Korean

2 entries
  • 보안관 noun (all meanings)
  • 형사 noun (all meanings)

Malay

1 entries
  • syerif noun (all meanings)

Marathi

1 entries
  • शेरिफ noun (all meanings)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • lensmann noun (all meanings)
  • sheriff noun (all meanings)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • dakoniwewinini noun (all meanings)

Persian

2 entries
  • شریف noun (all meanings)
  • کلانتر noun (all meanings)

Polish

1 entries
  • szeryf noun (all meanings)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • xerife noun (all meanings)

Romanian

1 entries
  • șerif noun (all meanings)

Russian

1 entries
  • шери́ф noun (all meanings)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • siorram noun (all meanings)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • šèrif noun (all meanings)
  • шѐриф noun (all meanings)

Spanish

2 entries
  • alguacil noun (all meanings)
  • sheriff noun (all meanings)

Swedish

1 entries
  • sheriff noun (all meanings)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • serip noun (all meanings)

Turkish

1 entries
  • şerif noun (all meanings)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • шери́ф noun (all meanings)

Urdu

1 entries
  • شیرف noun (all meanings)

Welsh

1 entries
  • siryf noun (all meanings)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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The sheriff established order in the town.

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The sheriff beat the suspect until he was almost dead.

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Sheriff Wyatt Earp talked to that old trapper yesterday.

Source: tatoeba (871454)

The sheriff knows that old trapper.

Source: tatoeba (871457)

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