bailie
[bey-lee]
- (in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- Obsolete. bailiff.
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Origin of bailie
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I had ae fine customer, the bailie; he had eleven o' a family.
St. Cuthbert'sRobert E. Knowles
The bailie was sick—an' my laddie, wee Sandy, was aye plaguin' me for a sled.
St. Cuthbert'sRobert E. Knowles
The next morning Edward went off to call on Bailie Macwheeble.
Red Cap TalesSamuel Rutherford Crockett
But it was Bailie Macwheeble who had paid the money without my father's knowledge.
Red Cap TalesSamuel Rutherford Crockett
At the turning of the road which led to Tully-Veolan, the Bailie met them.
Red Cap TalesSamuel Rutherford Crockett
bailie
- (in Scotland) a municipal magistrate
- an obsolete or dialect spelling of bailiff
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French bailli, from earlier baillif bailiff
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