bailie
Americannoun
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(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
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Obsolete. bailiff.
noun
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(in Scotland) a municipal magistrate
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an obsolete or dialect spelling of bailiff
Other Word Forms
- subbailie noun
Etymology
Origin of bailie
1250–1300; Middle English baillie < Old French bailli, variant of baillif bailiff
Example Sentences
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“Imagine if a playground was built at a school with tax dollars, only to be taken down after two years of use,” librarian Colleen Bailie said at a recent public hearing.
From Seattle Times
International bowler Sandra Bailie said she was "still struggling to believe" that she had been made a MBE.
From BBC
The new 41-page lawsuit against James was filed in Palm Beach, Florida, by Timothy W. Weber, Jeremy D. Bailie and R. Quincy Bird, members of a St. Petersburg-based law firm — and was championed by Boris Epshteyn, an in-house counsel for the former president who has become one of his most trusted advisers.
From Seattle Times
In a statement, Ms Bailie said that in 2021 the human milk bank provided donor milk for 844 premature babies, of which 234 were either a twin or a triplet.
From BBC
Elizabeth Bailie, human milk bank coordinator, said hospitals were entering into the busy summer months.
From BBC
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