Sheriffess
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sheriffess is a noun meaning A female sheriff.
Meaning
A female sheriff.
Example Sentences
There will be no impropriety, I trust, if I embrace within the limits of my toast the Lady Mayoress, and the Lady Sheriffesses—if there be such a title.
Mr. Nichols has postponed a paper of mine, in which I have greatly corroborated what you advanced concerning sheriffesses, which he tells me will appear in his next.
Announcement was made today in Martinez of the engagement of Miss Leola Veals, said to be the only sheriffess in California, to Earl Merritt Cole of Wichita Falls, Texas. (May 3, 1920)
The Lady Anne Clifford, only Daughter of George Earl of Cumberland, now Lady Clifford, Westmoreland, and Vescy, Countess Dowager of Pembrook, Dorset, and Montgomery, Hereditary Sheriffess of this County, and owner of the Honour of Shipton in Craven in Yorkshire.
Word Forms
- sheriffesses
Related Words
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