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sheriffhood

sheriffhood noun: the office of sheriff.

Noun

sheriffhood (uncountable)

  1. The office of sheriff.

sheriffhood meaning in Tamil

sheriffhood in Tamil

மாவட்ட மணியப் பதவி

Origin of sheriffhood

From Middle English shirrevehod, sherefhode, equivalent to sheriff + -hood.

Questions about sheriffhood

What does sheriffhood mean?
Sheriffhood means the office of sheriff.
What is sheriffhood in Tamil?
Sheriffhood in Tamil is மாவட்ட மணியப் பதவி. See Sheriffhood meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sheriffhood?
Sheriffhood is a noun.

Words near sheriffhood in the dictionary

  1. sheriffdoms
  2. sheriffed
  3. sheriffess
  4. sheriffesses
  5. Sheriffhales
  6. sheriffhood
  7. sheriffing
  8. sheriffries
  9. sheriffry
  10. sheriffs
  11. sheriffs-depute

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sheriffhood (page history and authors); sheriffhood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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