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sherriff¹

noun sherriffs

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of sheriff One of these proprietors is a magistrate of Oxfordshire, another a justice of the peace for Berkshire, and Stewart, who was a tailor's trotter, originally, was lately high sherriff ^([sic]) of his county.

Sherriff²

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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@misc{sherriff_2026,
  title = {sherriff},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sherriff},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}