noun a sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, ·etc.
2. bailiff ·noun an overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, ·etc.
3. bailiff ·noun originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted.