sheriff

Meaning of sheriff

noun
  1. (except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
  2. A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
  3. A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in his county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

verb

To carry out the duties of a sheriff

Information about sheriff

  • The plural form of sheriff is: sheriffs.
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Hyphenation of sheriff

sher-iff

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • sheriff is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with sheriff

Riff, riff, nontariff, overtariff, pretariff, protariff, retariff, tariff, dandriff, midriff, subsheriff, tasheriff, undersheriff, unsheriff, xeriff, Griff, griff, hippogriff, triff

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