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in reply to a message by Jacks
The word Reeve is still in use today :-)
These are the (relevant) definitions from www.dictionary.com :
♦ Any of various minor officers of parishes or other local authorities.
♦ A bailiff or steward of a manor in the later medieval period.
♦ A high officer of local administration appointed by the Anglo-Saxon kings.
[Middle English, from Old English gerfa.]
It's also the "riff" in sheriff, from "shire reeve".
:-)
These are the (relevant) definitions from www.dictionary.com :
♦ Any of various minor officers of parishes or other local authorities.
♦ A bailiff or steward of a manor in the later medieval period.
♦ A high officer of local administration appointed by the Anglo-Saxon kings.
[Middle English, from Old English gerfa.]
It's also the "riff" in sheriff, from "shire reeve".
:-)
This message was edited 11/16/2004, 10:26 PM
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