water bailiff

noun

A law enforcement officer who polices bodies of water, such as rivers, lake or coastal waters.

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Meanings

nounwater bailiff (plural water bailiffs)

plural water bailiffs

  1. A law enforcement officer who polices bodies of water, such as rivers, lake or coastal waters.

    But these were long gone and I was convinced it was the water bailiff who had driven them away.

    1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 55
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