bailie

See also: Bailie

English

Etymology

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

Noun

bailie (plural 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.

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