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portreeves

portreeves is the plural of portreeve.

Meaning of portreeve

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.
    • Instead of the portgreve [of London], Richard the first ordained two bailiffs, but presently after him King John granted them a mayor for their yearly magistrate.1772, Jacob's Law Dictionary
  2. (historical) A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff.
  3. (historical) A port reeve, a port warden.

Questions about portreeves

What is portreeves the plural of?
Portreeves is the plural of portreeve.

Words near portreeves in the dictionary

  1. portrayments
  2. portrays
  3. Portreath
  4. Portree
  5. portreeve
  6. portreeves
  7. portreeveship
  8. portress
  9. portresses
  10. Portrush
  11. ports

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