Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DEP'U-TY-SHER-IF
DEP'U-TY-POST-MAS-TERDE-QUAN'TI-TATE
DEP'U-TY-SHER-IF, n.
A person deputed or authorized to perform the duties of the sherif, as his substitute. In like manner, we use deputy-commissary, deputy-paymaster, &c.
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