Synonyms for sheriff
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sher-if |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɛr ɪf |
Définition of sheriff
Origin :- late Old English scirgerefa "representative of royal authority in a shire," from scir (see shire) + gerefa "chief, official, reeve" (see reeve). As an American county official, attested from 1660s; sheriff's sale first recorded 1798. Sheriff's tooth (late 14c.) was a common name for the annual tax levied to pay for the sheriff's victuals during court sessions.
- noun law enforcement officer
- I am under the sheriff's orders, and not under the orders of that officer.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- You can tell all this to the colonel or the sheriff; if they let you go, I'll say nothing against it.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Aleck looked at the driver, then at the Sheriff, and then at my father.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- I was wanted at Johnstown by Sheriff Frey, on some matter which would not wait for the morrow.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- "He is as close as the bark on a beech-tree," concluded the sheriff.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- And it was with a child's look of pitiful dismay and perplexity that he faced the sheriff.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Pete says you better notify the coroner—and I reckon the sheriff, too.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Thither came the Sheriff and was shown into the King's presence.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- "Then I hold all Nottingham men to be cowards," said the Sheriff.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- "But hearken, O my most gracious Sovereign," said the Sheriff.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
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