bailie
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See also: Bailie
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French bailli (“land steward; officer of justice”).
Noun[edit]
bailie (plural bailies)
- (Scotland) A bailiff.
- (Scotland) The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county, with functions like a sheriff's.
- (Scotland) A municipal officer in Scotland corresponding to an English alderman.