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sheriffs-depute

sheriffs-depute 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 sheriffs-depute

What is sheriffs-depute the plural of?
Sheriffs-depute is the plural of sheriff-depute.

Words near sheriffs-depute in the dictionary

  1. sheriffhood
  2. sheriffing
  3. sheriffries
  4. sheriffry
  5. sheriffs
  6. sheriffs-depute
  7. sheriffship
  8. sheriffships
  9. sheriffwick
  10. sheriffwicks
  11. Sherifian

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