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reeve

reeve · reeves

Graf

Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilitiesAny of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.

/ɹiːv/

» Their small town had a reeve instead of a mayor.

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(історичне)Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
(Канада)The president of a township or municipal district council.
(історичне)The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.
Graf
A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.
female ruff

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Their small town had a reeve instead of a mayor.
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From Middle English reve, from Old English rēfa, an aphetism of ġerēfa (also grœ̄fa), from

From Middle English reve, from Old English rēfa, an aphetism of ġerēfa (also grœ̄fa), from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō (“officer, official”). Compare Danish greve, Swedish greve, Dutch graaf, German Graf.

Variant of dialectal ree, but of obscure ultimate origin.

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