Reeve
Definition of Reeve
Pronunciation: r?v | n. | 1. | (Zool.) The female of the ruff. | | v. t. | 1. | (Naut.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like. | | n. | 1. | an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; - used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. |
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G-man, MP, alderman, archon, bailie, bailiff, beadle, beagle, bound bailiff, burghermaster, burgomaster, cabinet member, cabinet minister, captain, catchpole, chancellor, chief of police, city councilman, city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, constable, councillor, councilman, councilwoman, county commissioner, county supervisor, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, elder, fed, federal, flic, gendarme, government man, headman, induna, inspector, legislator, lictor, lieutenant, lord mayor, mace-bearer, magistrate, maire, marshal, mayor, minister, minister of state, mounted policeman, narc, officer, patrolman, peace officer, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, roundsman, secretary, secretary of state, selectman, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, superintendent, supervisor, syndic, tipstaff, tipstaves, trooper, undersecretary, warden
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