Word Meanings - SHRIEVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sheriff. Shak.

Related words: (words related to SHRIEVE)

• SHERIFF
  The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace. Note: In England, sheriffs are appointed by the king. In the United
• SHERIFFALTY; SHERIFFDOM; SHERIFFRY; SHERIFFSHIP; SHERIFFWICK
  The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty. (more info) Sher"iff*wick, n.
• UNDERSHERIFF
  A sheriff's deputy.
• UNSHERIFF
  To depose from the office of sheriff.
• UNDERSHERIFFRY
  Undershrievalty.