Word.ws English Dictionary

shire-reeve

shire-reeve noun: a local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.

Noun

shire-reeve (plural shire-reeves)

  1. (historical) A local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.

Forms of shire-reeve

pluralshire-reeves
alternative formshirereeve
alternative formshire reeve

Origin of shire-reeve

Compound of shire + reeve; calque of Old English scīrġerēfa (“shire-reeve; sheriff”).

Questions about shire-reeve

What does shire-reeve mean?
Shire-reeve means a local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.
What part of speech is shire-reeve?
Shire-reeve is a noun.
What is the plural of shire-reeve?
The plural of shire-reeve is shire-reeves.

Words near shire-reeve in the dictionary

  1. shire horse
  2. shire horses
  3. Shire Oak
  4. shire town
  5. shire towns
  6. shire-reeve
  7. shire-reeves
  8. Shirebrook
  9. shired
  10. Shireen
  11. Shirehampton

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shire-reeve (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “shire-reeve.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/shire-reeve. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.