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Portreeve - Wikipedia
A portreeve (Old English: hæfenrēfa, sometimes spelt Port-reeve) or port warden is the title of a historical official in England and Wales possessing authority
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PORTREEVE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a bailiff or mayor charged with keeping the peace and with other duties in a port or market borough of early England 2. the chief officer of a seaport town.
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portreeve - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(historical) A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff. (historical) A port reeve, a port warden. Derived terms.
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portreeve
portreeve (ˈpɔətriːv) Forms: 1 portᵹerefa, -irefa, 3 -yreue, 3–5 -ereve, 3–8 -reve, 6 -rief, porte ryve, port reeue, 7 portriefe, -reive, -riff, port riffe, 8 portrieve, 7– port-reeve, 9 portreeve. β. 5–7 portgreve, 6–8 -grave. [OE. port-ᵹeréfa (whence ON. port-greifi), f. port n.2 town + ᵹerǽfa, ᵹe...
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What is a Portreeve? - VisitDartmoor
The Portreeve is also a social head of the town attending community or fund-raising events for the Courts and other organisations, and, together with the Mayor, ...
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PORTREEVE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
2 senses: 1. history obsolete the reeve of a port 2. local government a role equivalent to a mayor or mayor's assistant.... Click for more definitions.
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Portreeve - Websters Dictionary 1828
PORTREEVE, noun [Latin portus, a port.] Formerly, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town. This officer is now called mayor or bailiff.
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Portreeve - Tardis | Fandom
The Portreeve was the title of the leader of the people of Castrovalva. Although the Castrovalvans believed themselves to be a perfect democracy.
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Portreeve Facts for Kids
A portreeve was a special person in charge of a town. This job was mostly found in England and Wales. The portreeve had different kinds of power ...
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portreeve, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the noun portreeve is in the Old English period (pre-1150). portreeve is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons ...
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Portreeve, Saskatchewan
Portreeve is an unincorporated in the Rural Municipality of Clinworth No. 230, Saskatchewan, Canada. History
Prior to December 31, 1972, Portreeve was incorporated as a village, and was restructured as an unincorporated community under the jurisdiction
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borough-reeve
borough-reeve (ˈbʌrəriːv) Forms: 1 burhᵹeréfa (also Hist. in 9), 2 burhreve, 9 borough-reeve. [f. borough + reeve.] † a. A governor of a town or city; esp. the official who before the Norman Conquest represented the king's authority for fiscal and other purposes in boroughs, as the sc{iacu}r-ᵹeréfa ...
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John Porter (portreeve)
John Porter was an English tax collector, portreeve for the town of Taunton in the West of England. He also served as a tax collector for Taunton in 1388, and as portreeve for Taunton in 1385–86, 1389–90 and 1394–95.
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Kilbeggan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
The charter conferred upon the elected portreeve and burgesses the right to return two Members to Parliament.
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Thomas Bibby
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Sale of books at Sotheby's
Obituary and family history dating back to John Bibby, Portreeve of Irishtown in 1691
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1799
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