reeve
reeve is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The female of the ruff.
- 2.To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
- 3.an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. Chaucer. Piers Plowman.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administration
- administrative
- aedile
- alguazil
- arm
- authority
- bailiff
- bailiwick
- beadle
- bearer
- bedel
- bureau
- catchpoll
- causidical
- commission
- constable
- constabulary
- cop
- coroner
- corporation
- customhouse
- department
- douanier
- edile
- exciseman
- executive
- extension
- extradite
- extradition
- force
- fuzz
- gager
- gang
- gauger
- gendarme
- inquisitorial
- judge
- judgment
- judicatory
- judicature
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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