- (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.
- (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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