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Word entry · 7 letters

sheriff

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"County law officer"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃɛɹɪf/Part of speech nounSorted effhirsStarts with SEnds with F1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the principal law-enforcement officer in a county

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English shirreve, in turn inherited from Old English sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire + reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour with cognates in other languages, including Persian, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.

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