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reeve1       [reev] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an administrative officer of a town or district.
2.British. an overseer or superintendent of workers, tenants, or an estate.
3.British. (formerly) a person of high rank representing the crown.
4.Canadian. the presiding officer of a village or town council.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME (i)reve, OE geréfa high official, lit., head of a rōf array, number (of soldiers); cf. sheriff]
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reeve2       [reev] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), rove or reeved, ro·ven or reeved, reev·ing. Nautical.
1.to pass (a rope or the like) through a hole, ring, or the like.
2.to fasten by placing through or around something.
3.to pass a rope through (the swallow of a block).
[Origin: 1620–30; < D reven to reef; see reef2]
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reeve3       [reev] Pronunciation Key
–noun
the female of the ruff, Philomachus pugnax.
Also called ree.

[Origin: 1625–35; orig. uncert.]
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reeve 1       (rēv)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The elected president of a town council in some parts of Canada.
  2. Any of various minor officers of parishes or other local authorities.
  3. A bailiff or steward of a manor in the later medieval period.
  4. A high officer of local administration appointed by the Anglo-Saxon kings.


[Middle English, from Old English gerēfa.]

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reeve 2       (rēv)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   reeved or rove (rōv), reev·ing, reeves Nautical
  1. To pass (a rope or rod) through a hole, ring, pulley, or block.
  2. To fasten by passing through or around.
  3. To pass a rope or rod through (a hole, ring, pulley, or block).


[Origin unknown.]

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reeve 3       (rēv)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The female ruff.


[Probably alteration of ruff1.]

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reeve 
"steward," O.E. gerefa, of unknown origin and with no known cognates. An Anglo-Saxon official of high rank, having local jurisdiction under a king. Cf. sheriff.

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reeve

noun
1. female ruff 

verb
1. pass a rope through; "reeve an opening" 
2. pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope" 
3. fasten by passing through a hole or around something 

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Reeve

Reeve\ (r?v), n. (Zo["o]l.) The female of the ruff.

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Reeve

Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rove (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeving.] [Cf. D. reven. See Reef, n. & v. t.] (Naut.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.

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Reeve

Reeve\, n. [OE. reve, AS. ger?fa. Cf. Sheriff.] an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman.

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