Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sheriff-depute

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: sher-if-f-de-pute
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sheriff proper, so called since the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 to distinguish him from the earlier heritable sheriff-principal, whose title is now merged into that of the Lord-Lieutenant.

Inflected Forms

sheriff-deputes (plural) sheriffs-depute (plural)

Questions

What does sheriff-depute mean?: The sheriff proper, so called since the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 to distinguish him from the earlier heritable sheriff-principal, whose title is now merged into that of the Lord-Lieutenant.

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