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shire-reeves

shire-reeves is the plural of shire-reeve.

Meaning of shire-reeve

Noun

shire-reeve (plural shire-reeves)

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

Questions about shire-reeves

What is shire-reeves the plural of?
Shire-reeves is the plural of shire-reeve.

Words near shire-reeves in the dictionary

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

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