sheriff

Etymology
From, from , corresponding to. There is no etymological connection to Sharif, an Arabic title of honour that has cognates in other languages including Hindi, Urdu, Portuguese, etc.

Noun

 * 1)  (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
 * 2)  A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
 * 3)  A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

Translations

 * Arabic: شَرِيف
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: шэры́ф
 * Bulgarian: шери́ф
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ŝerifo
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: shériff
 * Georgian: შერიფი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שֶׁרִיף
 * Hindi: शेरिफ़,
 * Hungarian:, megyei rendőrfőnök
 * Icelandic:, skerfari
 * Ido:
 * Irish: sirriam
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 保安官, シェリフ, 郡治安官
 * Korean: ,
 * Malay: syerif
 * Marathi: शेरिफ
 * Norwegian: sheriff,
 * Ojibwe: dakoniwewinini
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: siorram
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: шѐриф
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, cherife,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: serip
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: шери́ф
 * Urdu: شیرف
 * Welsh: siryf

Verb

 * 1)  To carry out the duties of a sheriff.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  all senses