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7 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
originInherited from Middle English shirreve, in turn inherited from Old English sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire + reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour with cognates in other languages, including Persian, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- fifers 12
- fisher 12
- sherif 12
- fiefs 11
- fifer 11
- fifes 11
- fresh 11
- riffs 11
- effs 10
- fehs 10
- fief 10
- fife 10