portreeve
English
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- (historical) A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff.
- (historical) A port reeve, a port warden.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English port-reve derived from Old English portgerēfa, portgerefa, port (port, a walled market town, gate) + Old English gerefa (reeve).
Origin
Old English
gerefa
Gloss
reeve
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- port English
- portgrave English
- portgreve English
- porta Latin
- portgravius Latin
- portgrevius Latin
- portus Latin
- Portesmuða Old English
- Portesmuðan Old English
- Portesmuþa Old English
- gerefa Old English
- port Old English
- portcwene Old English
- portgerefa Old English
- portgerēfa, portgerefa Old English
- port-reve Middle English
- port Danish
- *garāfijō gmw-pro