Reeve

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.

(2): ( n.) See Grieve, an overseer.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

Name given to magistrates of various classes in early English times, the most important of whom was the '

heriff, who represented the king in his shire; others were '

amp;c.

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