(UK, obsolete) A sheriff.
(UK, obsolete) A sheriff.
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(UK, obsolete) A Member of Parliament for a county.
(British, except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
(obsolete, or, Scotland) A chief person; a head man.
(UK, legal, obsolete) One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.
(UK, dialect, nonstandard) gentleman.