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Reeve

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Noun

1. reeve

female ruff

Verb

2. reeve

pass a rope through

Example Sentences:
'reeve an opening'

3. reeve

pass through a hole or opening

Example Sentences:
'reeve a rope'

4. reeve

fasten by passing through a hole or around something

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Reeve

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noun
1. English history
the local representative of the king in a shire (under the ealdorman) until the early 11th century
Compare sheriff
2. 
(in medieval England) a manorial steward who supervised the daily affairs of the manor: often a villein elected by his fellows
3. Canadian government
(in certain provinces) a president of a local council, esp in a rural area
4. 
(formerly) a minor local official in any of several parts of England and the US
verbWord forms: reeves, reeving, reeved or rove (rəʊv ) (transitive) nautical
1. 
to pass (a rope or cable) through an eye or other narrow opening
2. 
to fasten by passing through or around something
noun
the female of the ruff (the bird)

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Reeve

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noun
1. 
in English history,
a. 
the chief officer, under the king, of a town or district
b. 
the overseer and chief peasant of a manor
2. 
the elected head of a village or town council in certain Canadian provinces
verb transitiveWord forms: rove or reeved, rove or ˈroven, ˈreeving Nautical
1. 
to pass (the end of a line) through a block, ring, etc.
2. 
to fasten by passing through or around something
3. 
to pass a line through (a block, ring, etc.)
noun
a female ruff1 (sense 3)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Reeve

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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.
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).
n.
The female ruff, Philomachus pugnax.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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