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    reeve
    [rēv]
    noun
    reeve (noun) · reeves (plural noun)
    1. historical
      a local official, in particular the chief magistrate of a town or district in Anglo-Saxon England.
      • CANADIAN ENGLISH
        the president of a village or town council.
    Origin
    Old English rēfa.
    reeve
    [rēv]
    verb
    nautical
    reeve (verb) · reeves (third person present) · rove (past tense) · rove (past participle) · reeving (present participle) · reeved (past participle) · reeved (past tense)
    1. thread (a rope or rod) through a ring or other aperture, especially in a block:
      "one end of the new rope was reeved through the chain"
    Origin
    early 17th century: probably from Dutch reven ‘reef (a sail)’ (see reef).
    reeve
    [rēv]
    noun
    reeve (noun) · reeves (plural noun)
    1. a female ruff. See ruff
    Origin
    early 17th century: variant of dialect ree, of unknown origin.
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    noun
    1. a local official, in particular the chief magistrate of a town or district in Anglo-Saxon England.
      judge
      magistrate
      recorder
      sheriff
      jurat
      jurist
      surrogate
      alcalde
      beak
      bailie
      His/Her/Your Honor
      Law Lord
      Lord Justice
      deemster
      m'lud
      sheriff-depute
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