Bible Dictionaries
Bailiff

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted.

(2):

(n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.

(3):

(n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bailiff'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bailiff.html. 1828.