portreeve

n. 市长 [法] 城市中区的治安长官, 执达官, 副市长

词形变化

portreeves 复数 portreeves

别名

port-reeve portgreve portgrave

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A borough-reeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England.

  2. 2.

    A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A port reeve, a port warden.

    历史

词源

From Middle English portereve, portereve, from Old English portġerēfa, from port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”). By surface analysis, port + reeve.

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