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sheriff (n.)

古英语后期 scirgerefa “郡里的王室权力代表”, 来自 scir (见 shire) + gerefa “酋长, 官员, 里夫” (见 reeve). 作为美国的郡级官员, 从1660年代开始证明; sheriff's sale, 1798年首次记录. Sheriff's tooth (14世纪末) 是法院开庭期间为支付治安官的代用品而征收的年度税的通用名称.

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shire (n.)
Old English scir "administrative office, jurisdiction, stewardship, authority," also in particular use "district, province, country," from Proto-Germanic *skizo (source also of Old High German scira "care, official charge"). Ousted since 14c. by Anglo-French county. The gentrified sense is from The Shires (1796), used by people in other parts of England of those counties that end in -shire; sense transferred to "hunting country of the Midlands" (1860).
reeve (n.)

"steward," Middle English reve, refe, reive, rive, from Old English gerefa "king's officer," an Anglo-Saxon official of high rank, having local jurisdiction under a king, usually charged with administration of the affairs of a town or district. A word of unknown origin and with no known cognates, it is not considered to be connected to German Graf (see margrave). Compare sheriff. In Middle English also of manorial managers (c. 1300), an agent or steward of God (late 14c.). The mid-15c. "Life of St. Norbert" calls the Devil a wikkid reue. Related: Reeveship.

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Definitions of sheriff

sheriff (n.)
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county;
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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