sýslumaður

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From sýsla (“administrative district, county”) +‎ maður (“person”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsistlʏˌmaːðʏr] === Noun === sýslumaður m (genitive singular sýslumanns, nominative plural sýslumenn) county magistrate, in particular the chief official in a type of an administrative district that exists in Iceland and the Faroe Islands (previously also the Nordic countries) known as a sýsla. Similar positions in Anglophone countries are sheriff and county commissioner. ==== Declension ====