Reeve

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Reeve may refer to:

Titles

  • Reeve (Canada), an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents
  • Reeve (England), an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a lord
  • High-reeve, a title taken by some English magistrates during the 10th and 11th centuries
  • Shire reeve, an official position that originated the term Sheriff
  • Vogt, an official in many European countries, often translated reeve

Other uses

  • Reeve (surname), list of notable people with the surname
  • Reeve, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
  • Reeve knot, a stopper knot
  • Reeve, a female ruff (bird), a wading bird
  • Reeve (Final Fantasy), a character from the video game Final Fantasy VII
  • Reeve Electric Association Plant, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Iowa
  • "The Reeve's Prologue and Tale", from The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
  • Leander Reeve House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Iowa
  • To reeve a line through blocks in order to gain a mechanical advantage, a nautical term

See also

  • Reave, boundary wall
  • Reeves (disambiguation)
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