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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bailiff \Bail"iff\ (b[=a]l"[i^]f), noun [OF. baillif, F. bailli, custodian, magistrate, fr. L. bajulus porter. See {Bail} to deliver.]
1. 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 powers of custody or care are intrusted. --Abbott.
Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate. --Addison.
2. (Eng. Law) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.
Note: In American law the term bailiff is seldom used except sometimes to signify a sheriff's officer or constable, or a party liable to account to another for the rent and profits of real estate. --Burrill.
3. An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. [Eng.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Burghmaster \Burgh"mas'ter\, noun
1. A burgomaster.
2. (Mining) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also {bailiff}, and {barmaster}. [Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bailiff
noun: an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "bailiff": G-man, MC, MP, attorney, beadle, beagle, bound bailiff, butler, captain, catchpole, chief of police, commissioner, constable, croupier, curator, custodian, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, emcee, factor, fed, federal, flic, gendarme, government man, guardian, housekeeper, inspector, landreeve, librarian, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, majordomo, marshal, master of ceremonies, mounted policeman, narc, officer, patrolman, peace officer, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, proctor, procurator, reeve, roundsman, seneschal, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, steward, superintendent, tipstaff, tipstaves, trooper
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