undersheriff
English
noun
Definitions
- In certain jurisdictions, a deputy sheriff; second in command to a sheriff.
Etymology
Prefix 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
- sheriffdom English
- sheriffhood English
- sheriffship English
- sheriffwick English
- shire English
- unsheriff English
- Sheriff German
- seriff Hungarian
- sheriff Spanish, Castilian
- szeryf Polish
- scīrġerēfa Old English
- shirreve Middle English