shire-reeve
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From shire + reeve, translating Old English scīrġerēfa (“shire-reeve; sheriff”).
Noun[edit]
shire-reeve (plural shire-reeves)
- (historical) A local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.