bailie

[ bey-lee ]

/ ˈbeɪ li /

noun

(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.

Obsolete. bailiff.

Origin of bailie

1250–1300; Middle English baillie<Old French bailli, variant of baillifbailiff

OTHER WORDS FROM bailie

sub·bail·ie, noun

Words nearby bailie

bail bondsman, Baile Átha Cliath, bailee, bailey, Bailey bridge, bailie, bailiff, bailiwick, Baillie, bailment, bailor

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Example sentences from the Web for bailie

Meantime the Bailie, notwithstanding the success of his first onset, was sorely bested.
Rob Roy, Complete, Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott
It is the same case with the Edinburgh bailie and the miller of the Canonmills, worthy man!
Records of a Family of Engineers|Robert Louis Stevenson
I suspect, Tom, you and the Bailie were rather convivial after supper.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847|Various
But as the Bailie insisted, and as the party evidently wished to accept, he could not hold out.
Red Cap Tales|Samuel Rutherford Crockett

Bailie Craigdallie and a brother magistrate closed the melancholy procession, exhibiting similar marks of mourning.
The Fair Maid of Perth|Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for bailie

bailie

/ (ˈbeɪlɪ) /

noun

(in Scotland) a municipal magistrate

an obsolete or dialect spelling of bailiff

Word Origin for bailie

C13: from Old French bailli, from earlier baillif bailiff

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	bailie
释义	bailie [ bey-lee ] / ˈbeɪ li / noun (in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman. Obsolete. bailiff. Origin of bailie 1250–1300; Middle English baillie<Old French bailli, variant of baillifbailiff OTHER WORDS FROM bailie sub·bail·ie, noun Words nearby bailie bail bondsman, Baile Átha Cliath, bailee, bailey, Bailey bridge, bailie, bailiff, bailiwick, Baillie, bailment, bailor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bailie Meantime the Bailie, notwithstanding the success of his first onset, was sorely bested. Rob Roy, Complete, Illustrated\|Sir Walter Scott It is the same case with the Edinburgh bailie and the miller of the Canonmills, worthy man! Records of a Family of Engineers\|Robert Louis Stevenson I suspect, Tom, you and the Bailie were rather convivial after supper. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847\|Various But as the Bailie insisted, and as the party evidently wished to accept, he could not hold out. Red Cap Tales\|Samuel Rutherford Crockett Bailie Craigdallie and a brother magistrate closed the melancholy procession, exhibiting similar marks of mourning. The Fair Maid of Perth\|Sir Walter Scott British Dictionary definitions for bailie bailie / (ˈbeɪlɪ) / noun (in Scotland) a municipal magistrate an obsolete or dialect spelling of bailiff Word Origin for bailie C13: from Old French bailli, from earlier baillif bailiff Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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