reeve

1. Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
2. The president of a township or municipal district council.
3. The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.

verb

To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.

noun

A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.