shire-reeve
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English
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[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.