Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "bailiff" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

High Bailiff High-bailiff bailiff-errant bailiff-haunted bailiff-peer bailiffry bailiffship bailiffwick bum bailiff bum-bailiff bumbailiff deputy bailiff deputy high bailiff farm bailiff jury bailiff private bailiff provincial bailiff subbailiff under-bailiff underbailiff water bailiff

Etymologically Related To

bail reeve

Context

historical law enforcement mining norman term slang specifically uk us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

functionary official

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bumbailiff circuit court bailiff district court bailiff farm bailiff ground bailiff jury bailiff magistrates' bailiff private bailiff provincial bailiff

Type Of (IsA)

bumbailiff circuit court district court farm bailiff jury bailiff magistrates bailiff official private bailiff professional provincial bailiff

Related Terms

bail bailee bailer bailey bailiary bailie bailiery bailing bailiric bailivate bailiwick bailliage baillie bailly reeve

Related Terms

administer administrator alderman appointee association bail bailee bailer bailey bailie bailiery bailiric bailivate bailiwick bailliage baillie bound bailiff castellan channel islands charge chief collector county court court of law court order courtroom crown debt deputy district early modern england execute foreman guernsey head headquarters high bailiff hospitallers huissier de justice hundred isle of man jersey judge justice king's man knights hospitaller landvogt law enforcement legislature lord chancellor lower malta manager manor mayor medieval middle ages mine nominate norman conquest officer overman overseer president private process server public reeve rent rhodes security serf slave status steward supervisor tenant tongue town warrant

Synonym Network

bailie bailly castellan consul high bailiff landvogt overseer steward

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.