BAILIFFSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bailiffship mean? 

• BAILIFFSHIP (noun)
  The noun BAILIFFSHIP has 1 sense:

1. the office of bailiff

  Familiarity information: BAILIFFSHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAILIFFSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The office of bailiff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bailiffship" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Derivation:

bailiff (an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.)