sheriff

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    An elected police official who is in charge of enforcing the law in a county or town of the U.S.

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    "Campaign advertisement for position of county sheriff, circa 1920," photograph, Nicholas P. Ciotola Italians in Albuquerque Pictorial Collection, 1884-1970 (2002-020-0078).

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    Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
    N.d. Sheriff. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheriff?show=0&t=1409677145, accessed September 2, 2014.