portreeve

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff. historical
  3. A port reeve, a port warden. historical

词形变化

portreeves plural port-reeve alternative portgreve alternative portgrave alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
portreeveship

词源

From Middle English portereve, portereve, from Old English portġerēfa, from port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”). By surface analysis, port + reeve.
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