Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To remove from or deprive of the office of sheriff.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To depose from the office of sheriff.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To depose from the office of sheriff.
Etymologies
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un- + sheriff
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Examples
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Mr. Holt was staring at Leslie Beaton with the most unsheriff-like look Chan ever remembered having seen in his long career.
Keeper of the Keys Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933 1932
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