Home › Words › B › bailiebailiebailie means A surname.EtymologyFrom Old French bailli (“land steward; officer of justice”).nameA surname.nounA bailiff.The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county, with functions like a sheriff's.A municipal officer in Scotland corresponding to an English alderman.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.baillie 82% match — The jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff; a bailiwick. vs bailie →bailieship 81% match — The office or jursidiction of a bailie vs bailie →baillieship 80% match — The office or jursidiction of a bailie vs bailie →bailivate 77% match — The office of bailiff. vs bailie →bailiffship 76% match — The role or status of a bailiff. vs bailie →bailival 74% match — Relating to, or ruled by, a bailiff. vs bailie →bailiff 71% match — An officer of the court; A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period. vs bailie →bailiwick 69% match — The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction. vs bailie →