Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 13 compound words that contain reeve. The most common are listed below. Open reeve in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- Fall ReeveNickname for Fall River: a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
- shire-reeveA local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.
- borough-reeveAlternative form of boroughreeve: The governor of a town or city, especially for fiscal purposes.
- hog reeveAlternative spelling of hogreeve: A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
- trithing-reeveThe official governing a trithing.
Compound words 13
- sheriff(High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
- unreeveTo withdraw or take out, as for example a rope from a block.
- boroughreeveThe governor of a town or city, especially for fiscal purposes.
- landreeveA subofficer overseeing an area of land, a kind of bailiff or steward.
- lathereeveThe chief officer of a lathe.
- reevelandThe territory under the charge of a reeve.
- reeveshipThe state or business of a reeve.
- woodreeveA forest steward.
- hogreeveA civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
- portreeveA borough-reeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England.