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bailli.

a bailiff: an appointee of the king administering certain districts of northern France in the medieval period

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ba.ji/
  1. a bailiff: an appointee of the king administering certain districts of northern France in the medieval period

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French bailif (nominative singular bailis), itself from baillir or baillier, or from Vulgar Latin *bāiulivus (possibly as an early borrowing), from Latin baiulus.

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