reeve

Meaning

Noun

1. (historical) Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
2. (Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council.
3. (historical) 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.

Synonyms

ruff

attach

band

belay

bond

bracket

brooch

burgess

catch

churchwarden

clasp

draw

fasten

fix

fixate

foreman

frame

frame up

frap

hang on

hitch

indent

indenture

infix

join

moor

mortgage

mount

overseer

peg

pin

post

proctor

rig

sandpiper

secure

sheriff

sign on

stake

steward

stick

stick on

strap

string

🪢

superintendent

supervisor

surveyor

tack

thread

🧵

toggle

Translations

ανώτερος διοικητικός υπάλληλος

Vogt

combatente

Kampfläufer

prepositus

combattant

chevalier combattant

combattente

gambetta

Philomachus pugnax

Philomachus pugnax

baljuw

kemphaan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹiːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reve

Inherited from Old English: rēfa

Cognate with Danish: greve

Cognate with Swedish: greve

Cognate with Dutch: graaf

Cognate with German: Graf

Cognate with Anglo-Norman: -

In summary

From Middle English reve, from Old English rēfa, an aphetism of ġerēfa (also groefa), from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō (“officer, official”). Compare Danish greve, Swedish greve, Dutch graaf, German Graf.
The role, and eventually the word, was mostly replaced by bailiff, of Anglo-Norman origin.