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sheriffess

sheriffess noun: a female sheriff.

Noun

sheriffess (plural sheriffesses)

  1. A female sheriff.
    • The Lady Anne Clifford, only Daughter of George Earl of Cumberland, now Lady Clifford, Westmoreland, and Vescy, Countess Dowager of Pembrook, Dorset, and Montgomery, Hereditary Sheriffess of this County, and owner of the Honour of Shipton in Craven in Yorkshire.1673, An Alphabetical Account of the Nobility and Gentrey, which are (or lately were) related unto the several Counties of England and Wales: […], London, published 1892, page 98
    • Mr. Nichols has postponed a paper of mine, in which I have greatly corroborated what you advanced concerning sheriffesses, which he tells me will appear in his next.1783 May 18, John Bowle, “Mr. Bowle to Mr. Warton”, in John Wooll, editor, Biographical Memoirs of the Late Revᵈ Joseph Warton, D.D.; […], London: […] Luke Hansard, […] for T. Cadell and W. Davies...

Examples of sheriffess in a sentence

  • There will be no impropriety, I trust, if I embrace within the limits of my toast the Lady Mayoress, and the Lady Sheriffesses—if there be such a title.1909 September 27, John Lewis Griffiths, “The City of London: An Address Delivered at the Guildhall, September 27, 1909”, in The Greater...
  • Announcement was made today in Martinez of the engagement of Miss Leola Veals, said to be the only sheriffess in California, to Earl Merritt Cole of Wichita Falls, Texas. (May 3, 1920)2000 May 10, Katie Watts, “Yesteryears”, in Petaluma Argus-Courier, section “80 Years Ago”, page 36:

Forms of sheriffess

pluralsheriffesses

Origin of sheriffess

From sheriff + -ess.

Questions about sheriffess

What does sheriffess mean?
Sheriffess means a female sheriff.
How do you use sheriffess in a sentence?
There will be no impropriety, I trust, if I embrace within the limits of my toast the Lady Mayoress, and the Lady Sheriffesses—if there be such a title.
What part of speech is sheriffess?
Sheriffess is a noun.
What is the plural of sheriffess?
The plural of sheriffess is sheriffesses.

Words near sheriffess in the dictionary

  1. sheriffcies
  2. sheriffcy
  3. sheriffdom
  4. sheriffdoms
  5. sheriffed
  6. sheriffess
  7. sheriffesses
  8. Sheriffhales
  9. sheriffhood
  10. sheriffing
  11. sheriffries

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