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portreeve.

A borough-reeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A borough-reeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England.

  2. A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff.

    historical
  3. A port reeve, a port warden.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Middle English portereve, portereve, from Old English portġerēfa, from port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”). By surface analysis, port + reeve.

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