bailiff
noun
an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff's deputy, employed to execute writs and processes, make arrests, keep order in the court, etc.
underbailiff
-
a word derived from
bailiff.
Example Sentences
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If a labourer possesses any amount of intelligence he becomes head carter or head fagger, as the case may be; and from that to be assistant or underbailiff, and finally bailiff.
From The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Sir Walter Besant
