reeve

About 0.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
2. noun The president of a township or municipal district council.
3. noun The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.
4. verb To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.
5. noun A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.

Similar words

bailiff shire commissioner prefect warden rural countryside dike reef gerefa

Often followed by

and of was or in had is to et

Word family

reeved reeves reeving rove