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单词 sub-bailiff
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sub-bailiffn.

Brit. /sʌbˈbeɪlɪf/, U.S. /səbˈbeɪlᵻf/
Forms: late Middle English sub-ballives (plural), late Middle English sub-ballyves (plural), late Middle English sub-balyff, late Middle English sub-baylyfe, late Middle English–1500s sub-ballif, 1500s sub-baillif, 1500s sub-ballif, 1600s sub-bayliff, 1600s– sub-bailiff; see also sub-baily n.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French subbailif.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman subbailif, subbaillif, subbailife, subbalif, subballif (early 14th cent.; plural subbalives ) < sub- sub- prefix + bailiff bailiff n. Compare post-classical Latin subballivus (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources). Compare slightly earlier south-bailie n.
Now historical.
A subordinate or deputy bailiff; an under-bailiff.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > bailiff > subordinate
south-bailiec1400
sub-bailiffc1436
sub-bailyc1436
under-bailiff1621
c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 99 Ȝif [printed zif] ony man..yeve buffat..to ony of the subballives [Fr. subbaillifs] of the foreseid toun..be he..awarded to prisoun.
a1500 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 59 The Balyffes or Subbalyffes of ye said Burgage [=borough].
a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 293 To take suerte of theire subbaillif and officers.
1680 G. Whitehead Brief Acct. Sufferings Quakers 53 There was one Thomas Russell, senior, a Sub-Bailiff so Drunk at that time, that he was found in the Street, wallowing in his Vomit.
a1691 R. Baxter Reliquæ Baxterianæ (1696) iii. 155 It proved that one Mr. Barwell, Sub-Bayliff of Westminster, was he that set Keting on work, and gave him his Warrant.
1757 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 149 The election of sub-bailiffs.
1796 T. E. Tomlins Cases Explanatory Rules Evid. vi. 145 Each of the Reigning Bailiffs appoints a Sub-Bailiff for the Year, and the two Sub-Bailiffs are the Returning Officers for that Year.
1837 Rep. Cases King's Bench III. 434 The said J. A...duly made and caused a certain warrant under his hand and seal, directed to the sub-bailiffs, head constables and assistant constables in and for the borough of Liverpool.
1872 Georgia Weekly Tel. 19 Nov. Sub-bailiffs and deputies of every stripe cock their hats and bear their ribbon-tipped staves with the air of Roman Lictors.
1906 Times 16 Jan. 3/4 The issue of the fact was whether Phillips, the sub-bailiff, had given the judgement summons, subpoena, and conduct money to the plaintiff on May 19, as he alleged.
1998 Jrnl. County Louth Archaeol. & Hist. Soc. 24 169 Read replied by calling an assembly for 9 August in the Meeting House at which he was continued in office and his father elected as sub-bailiff.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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