Sheriff vs. Sherif

Sheriffnoun

(High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.

Sheriffnoun

(Scotland) A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.

Sheriffnoun

(US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in his county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

Sheriffverb

To carry out the duties of a sheriff

Sheriffnoun

The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.

Sheriffnoun

the principal law-enforcement officer in a county

Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous although independently developed office in Iceland that is commonly translated to English as sheriff, and this is discussed below.

Sherif

Sherif (also transliterated Sharīf or Sharif, Shareef, Shareef, Alsharif, Alshareef (Arabic: شريف‎ šarīf), or Chérif (Maghrebi Arabic: Chorfa) is a traditional Arabic title and name. It is sometimes spelled Sheriff rather than Sherif, with the latter variant used, for example, by T. E. Lawrence in Seven Pillars of Wisdom.