bailie


bail·ie

B0029400 (bā′lē)n.1. A Scottish municipal officer corresponding to an English alderman.2. Obsolete A bailiff.
[Middle English baillie, town official, from Old French, variant of baillis; see bailiff.]

bailie

(ˈbeɪlɪ) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Scotland) a municipal magistrate2. (Professions) an obsolete or dialect spelling of bailiff[C13: from Old French bailli, from earlier baillif bailiff]

bail•ie

(ˈbeɪ li)

n. 1. (in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate. 2. Obs. bailiff. [1250–1300; Middle English baillie < Old French bailli, variant of baillif bailiff]