Reeve

Meaning of Reeve

noun

a local official, in particular the chief magistrate of a town or district in Anglo-Saxon England.

Old English rēfa .

verb
  1. thread (a rope or rod) through a ring or other aperture.
    one end of the new rope was reeved through the chain

early 17th century: probably from Dutch reven ‘reef (a sail)’ (see reef2).

noun

a female ruff.

early 17th century: variant of dialect ree, of unknown origin.

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Reeve

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • Reeve is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

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