Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female sheriff.
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Examples
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From Fuller's _Worthies_ we find that Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Lord Clifford, was sheriffess of Westmoreland for many years; and from Pennant's _Scottish
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Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery, often sat in person as sheriffess.
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