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sheriff-deputes

sheriff-deputes is the plural of sheriff-depute.

Meaning of sheriff-depute

Noun

sheriff-depute (plural sheriff-deputes or sheriffs-depute)

  1. (Scotland, historical) The sheriff proper, so called since the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 to distinguish him from the earlier heritable sheriff-principal, whose title is now merged into that of the Lord-Lieutenant.

Questions about sheriff-deputes

What is sheriff-deputes the plural of?
Sheriff-deputes is the plural of sheriff-depute.

Words near sheriff-deputes in the dictionary

  1. sheriff clerks
  2. Sheriff Hutton
  3. sheriff officer
  4. sheriff officers
  5. sheriff-depute
  6. sheriff-deputes
  7. sheriff-substitute
  8. sheriffalties
  9. sheriffalty
  10. sheriffcies
  11. sheriffcy

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