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Meanings of bailiff in English
Officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests.
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Russian
войт эмиль Spanish
vogt Title of overlordship or nobility in the Holy Roman Empire.
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Examples for "steward"
Examples for "steward"
1
Secondly, the company's owners are losing a good steward of the business.
2
The steward said tersely, This food is for a private CHOAM party.
3
The steward told them the officers were breakfasting in the dining saloon.
4
Flinders had been steward of the estate for a good many years.
5
I put the steward on guard in the garden, beneath the windows.
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Then the reeve came in, armed and ready, and we must go.
2
To reeve some new halliards, as I put in my report.
3
He put a reeve in each of them and took her to Brattalithe.
4
I brought it on deck, and began to reeve laniards for the shrouds.
5
Each vill was represented by a reeve and four reputable men.
1
Vogt says he believes a bank should take responsibility for people's money.
2
And he couldn't say why he and Dozier and Vogt were spared.
3
Since Walton became a charter school, its test scores have risen, Vogt said.
4
Each time Vogt performs it with an orchestra, he provides a different perspective.
5
Vogt's wrath was directed with special keenness against my teacher, Lotze.
Usage of bailiff in English
1
The bailiff was in perfect despair at the disorders in his jurisdiction.
2
The bailiff had twenty pounds all in gold; no one ever knew.
3
He asked the sleepy bailiff what case they were trying in there.
4
The bailiff seeks a corpse; he pledges his honor to discover one.
5
To Dighton was granted the office of bailiff of Ayton in Staffordshire.
6
Danielle catches Marianne's satisfied look as the bailiff approaches, handcuffs in hand.
7
The bailiff quaffed the offered restorative at a draught, and then said:
8
The family of the bailiff who had replaced Michu had gone too.
9
The next morning a crowd assembled in front of the bailiff's cottage.
10
And so began my work as protector, guardian, bailiff, constable-forhire, and thief-taker.
11
The bailiff turned to me and said, The town is just there.
12
They had caught up the bailiff, and now the horses became unruly.
13
It was a lady whom he let in at the bailiff's door.
14
My father broke the silence that followed, addressing himself to the bailiff.
15
While the young squire talked to his bailiff Kitty fed her rooks.
16
The sub-sheriff with the bailiff's assistance fastened the door with a padlock.
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