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bailie

bailie noun: a bailiff.

Noun

bailie (plural bailies)

  1. (Scotland) A bailiff.
  2. (Scotland) The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county, with functions like a sheriff's.
  3. (Scotland) A municipal officer in Scotland corresponding to an English alderman.

Proper noun capitalized: Bailie

Bailie (plural Bailies)

  1. A surname.

Forms of bailie

Noun
pluralbailies
Proper noun
pluralBailies

Origin of bailie

From Old French bailli (“land steward; officer of justice”).

Words formed from bailie

Questions about bailie

What does bailie mean?
Bailie means a bailiff.
What part of speech is bailie?
Bailie can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bailie?
The plural of bailie is bailies.

Words near bailie in the dictionary

  1. baileychlore
  2. baileychlores
  3. baileys
  4. Baileyton
  5. baili
  6. bailie
  7. bailies
  8. bailieship
  9. Bailieston
  10. bailiff
  11. bailiff-errant

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