sheriffdom
English
noun
Definitions
- The regions in which a sheriff has authority.
- The office, or period of office, of a sheriff.
Etymology
Suffix from English sheriff.
Origin
English
sheriff
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- reeve English
- sheriff English
- sheriffhood English
- sheriffship English
- sheriffwick English
- shire English
- undersheriff English
- unsheriff English
- Sheriff German
- seriff Hungarian
- sheriff Spanish, Castilian
- szeryf Polish
- scīrġerēfa Old English
- shirreve Middle English