"high bailiff" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: high bailiffs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} high bailiff (plural high bailiffs)
  1. An officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders.
    Sense id: en-high_bailiff-en-noun-YxDsvN2U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51
  2. The chief stipendiary magistrate of the Isle of Man, who acts as a judge, including passing sentence, imposing fines, etc. Translations (magistrate of the Isle of Man): Ard-Vaylee [masculine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-high_bailiff-en-noun-vZMF4M2E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Manx translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'magistrate of the Isle of Man': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: high-bailiff, High Bailiff, High-Bailiff

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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