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BAILIFFSHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bailiffship mean?
• BAILIFFSHIP (noun)
The noun BAILIFFSHIP has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BAILIFFSHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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.)
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