sherriff

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proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

sherriff1

nounsherriff (plural sherriffs)

plural sherriffs

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of sheriff.

    One of these proprietors is a magistrate of Oxfordshire, another a justice of the peace for Berkshire, and Stewart, who was a tailor's trotter, originally, was lately high sherriff ^([sic]) of his county.

    1830, William Cobbett, Eleven Lectures on the French and Belgian Revolutions, page 8

Sherriff2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
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APA

sherriff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sherriff

MLA

“sherriff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sherriff. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sherriff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sherriff.

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