reeve
English
/ɹiːv/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
- (Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council.
- (military) The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the , equivalent to wing commander.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English reve inherited from Old English rēfa inherited from *garāfijō (officer, official).
Origin
*garāfijō
Gloss
officer, official
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- burgrave English
- graf English
- hog English
- hogreeve English
- land English
- landreeve English
- sheriff English
- sheriffdom English
- sheriffhood English
- sheriffship English
- sheriffwick English
- shire English
- shire-reeve English
- undersheriff English
- unreeve English
- unsheriff English
- Burggraf German
- Burggräfin German
- Gaugraf German
- Graf German
- Grafschaft German
- Gräfin German
- Landgraf German
- Markgraf German
- Sheriff German
- seriff Hungarian
- burggraaf Dutch, Flemish
- dijkgraaf Dutch, Flemish
- graaf Dutch, Flemish
- graafschap Dutch, Flemish
- gravin Dutch, Flemish
- markgraaf Dutch, Flemish
- граф Russian
- sheriff Spanish, Castilian
- greve Swedish
- grevinna Swedish
- szeryf Polish
- gerefa Old English
- rēfa Old English
- scīrġerēfa Old English
- *unreven Middle English
- reeve Middle English
- reve Middle English
- reves Middle English
- shirreve Middle English
- greifi Old Norse
- greve Danish
- grafo Esperanto
- grâve Middle Dutch
- grafio Old High German
- grāfio Old High German
- grāfiene Latvian
- grāfs Latvian
- граф Bulgarian
- grâve Middle High German
- *garāfijō gmw-pro
- gravo Old Dutch
- grēve Middle Low German
- graaf Farefare