bailie
/bey-lee/US // ˈbeɪ li //UK // (ˈbeɪlɪ) //
保利,保释人,保释金,保利公司
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- : Obsolete. bailiff.
Examples
The Bailie and those of the garrison, some three or four hundred, guard the gates, and forbid their being opened.
Haud off there, varlet, ken ye not that I am a Bailie of Dumfries?
"Siller in hand is the greatest virtue of a buyer," said the Bailie, with unction.
The Bailie of Dumfries lifted up his hands in consternation.
"Wear a thick doublet, good Henry, or do not speak so loud," reiterated the bailie in the same significant tone.
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