English Explanatory Dictionary

shire-reeve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.

Word forms

shire-reeve shire-reeves shirereeve shire reeve

Etymology

Compound of shire + reeve; calque of Old English scīrġerēfa (“shire-reeve; sheriff”).

Related words

King's reeve

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