英和和英

別の表記

• sherriff, shrieve (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 shirreve, from 古期英語 sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire +‎ reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (شَرِيف (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour that has cognates in other languages including Hindi, Urdu, Portuguese, etc.

発音

• IPA: /ˈʃɛɹɪf/, /ˈʃɛɹəf/
• ハイフネーション: sher‧iff
• 韻: -ɛɹɪf, -ɛɹəf

名詞

sheriff (plural sheriffs)

1. (British, except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
2. (Scotland) A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
3. (US) 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.

派生語

派生した語

• → Dutch: sheriff
• → Portuguese: xerife

動詞

sheriff (third-person singular simple present sheriffs, present participle sheriffing, simple past and past participle sheriffed)

1. (transitive) To carry out the duties of a sheriff. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

参考

• hatti-sherif (etymologically unrelated)

アナグラム

• Shiffer