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单词 under-bailiff
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under-bailiffn.

Brit. /ˈʌndəˌbeɪlɪf/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌbeɪlᵻf/
Forms: see under- prefix1 and bailiff n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: under- prefix1, bailiff n.
Etymology: < under- prefix1 + bailiff n. Compare earlier sub-bailiff n., and also earlier south-bailie n., and the foreign-language forms cited at those entries.Compare Middle Dutch onderbailliu (Dutch onderbaljuw).
(under- prefix1 3a(a).)
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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
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 33 The undersheriff knewe not that he was the Kinges servaunte; nor the underbaylliffes.
1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 118 The underbayliffes come into the roome.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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