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shire-reeve en · NOUN

Etymology

Compound of shire + reeve; calque of Old English scīrġerēfa (“shire-reeve; sheriff”).

Meanings

  1. (historical) A local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.

Forms

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Relateds

King's reeve