bailie
[ bey-lee ]
/ ˈbeɪ li /
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noun
(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
Obsolete. bailiff.
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OTHER WORDS FROM bailie
sub·bail·ie, nounWords nearby bailie
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bailie
/ (ˈbeɪlɪ) /
noun
(in Scotland) a municipal magistrate
an obsolete or dialect spelling of bailiff
Word Origin for bailie
C13: from Old French bailli, from earlier baillif bailiff
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