ˈunder-ˌbailiff (under-1 6 a: cf.MDu.onder-bailliu, Du.-baljuw.) 1621H. Elsing Debates Ho. Lords (Camden) 33 The undersheriff knewe not that he was the Kinges servaunte; nor the underbaylliffes.1631Star Chamb. Cases (Camden) 118 The underbayliffes come into the roome.