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bailie¹

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

noun bailies

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

Bailie²

proper noun Bailies

  1. A surname.

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"bailie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bailie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bailie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bailie

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"bailie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bailie.

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@misc{bailie_2026,
  title = {bailie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bailie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}