Bailie

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Noun
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CIDE DICTIONARY

Bailien. [See Bailiff.].
     An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Bailie, n. esp. hist. a municipal officer and magistrate in Scotland.

Etymology
ME, f. OF bailli(s) BAILIFF

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