REEVE

Reeve

Originally in Anglo-Saxon England the reeve was a senior official with local responsibilities under the Crown e.g. as the chief magistrate of a town or district. Subsequently, after the Norman conquest, it was an office held by a man of lower rank, appointed as manager of a manor and overseer of the peasants. In this later role, historian H. R. Loyn observes, "he is the earliest English specialist in estate management."

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reeve

Noun

  1. Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
  2. The president of a township or municipal district council.
  3. A but commissioned of the equivalent to .

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.

Verb

  1. To pass a rope through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.


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