Bailie

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  • noun. A Scottish municipal officer corresponding to an English alderman.
  • noun. A bailiff.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. . A bailiff.
  • noun. In Scotland: The chief magistrate of a barony or part of a county, having functions equivalent to those of a sheriff. A municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an alderman in England.
  • noun. An obsolete spelling of bailey.
  • noun. See baily.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A bailiff
    • Word Usage
    "I mention them because it is supposed that a bailie is the most important human being in Scotland, and he feels it his duty not to yield to emotion."
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    Ailey  Aly  Bailey  Baily  Daley  
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