name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation for a bailiff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
reeve
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɹiːv/
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rhymes with -iːv
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homophone: reave
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CMU ARPABET: R IY1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Vance Creek, Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 4
The president of a township or municipal district council.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
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noun
Meaning 5
The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 6
A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 7
To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 8
female ruff
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ruff, Philomachus pugnax
verb
Meaning 9
fasten by passing through a hole or around something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pass through
verb
Meaning 10
pass through a hole or opening
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- reeve a rope
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Broader terms: pass through
verb
Meaning 11
pass a rope through
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- reeve an opening
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Broader terms: pass through
History
Etymology
* As an English surname, from the noun reeve. * As an Irish surname, variant of Reeves.
From Middle English reve, from Old English rēfa, an aphetism of ġerēfa (also grœ̄fa), from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō (“officer, official”). Compare Danish greve, Swedish greve, Dutch graaf, German Graf. The role, and eventually the word, was mostly replaced by bailiff, of Anglo-Norman origin.
Variant of dialectal ree, but of obscure ultimate origin.
Apparent alternative form of reef (“to pull or yank strongly”, verb) or from Dutch reven (“to take in, insert”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: управител (upravitel) — Translations
- Dutch: graaf — Translations
- Finnish: vouti — Translations
- German: Graf — Translations
- Hungarian: ispán — Translations
- Hungarian: elöljáró — Translations
- Hungarian: felügyelő — Translations
- Hungarian: helytartó — Translations
- Hungarian: tiszttartó — Translations
- Hungarian: várnagy — Translations
- Latin: praepositus — Translations
- Latin: praepositus villae — Translations
- Polish: reeve — Translations
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