Bailie

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A Scottish municipal officer corresponding to an English alderman.
  • n. Obsolete A bailiff.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A bailiff
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete spelling of bailey.
  • n. . A bailiff.
  • n. In Scotland: The chief magistrate of a barony or part of a county, having functions equivalent to those of a sheriff. A municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an alderman in England.
  • n. See baily.
    • Word Usage
    "I mention them because it is supposed that a bailie is the most important human being in Scotland, and he feels it his duty not to yield to emotion."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ailey    Aly    Bailey    Baily    Daley    Daly    Disraeli    Hailey    Haley    Halley   
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