"portreeve" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: portreeves [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English port-reve etc., from Old English portgerēfa etc., from port (“a walled market town”) + gerēfa (“reeve”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|port-reve}} Middle English port-reve, {{der|en|ang|portgerefa|portgerēfa}} Old English portgerēfa, {{compound|ang|port|gerefa|alt2=gerēfa|nocat=1|t1=a walled market town|t2=reeve}} port (“a walled market town”) + gerēfa (“reeve”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} portreeve (plural portreeves)
  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.
    Sense id: en-portreeve-en-noun-eBk3gQxu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 9 11 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 78 11 11
  2. (historical) A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-portreeve-en-noun-D-QEmzIP
  3. (historical) A port reeve, a port warden. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-portreeve-en-noun-655hKJ-T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: portgreve, portgrave, port-reeve Derived forms: portreeveship

Inflected forms

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