reeve
noun
an administrative officer of a town or district.
reeves
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present tense formof reeve (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Generations ago, towns appointed hog reeves — people who caught livestock that ran away — each year at a town meeting.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2010
In Cornish, for fun, newly married couples are appointed honorary hog reeves each year.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2010
"I cannot give such a promise, for it will lie with the Sheriff and reeves of Guildford."
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Below the dais, and between it and the fire, was another table, at which were already gathered twelve guests, being the chief tenants of Sir Andrew and the reeves of his outlying lands.
From The Brethren by Henry Rider Haggard
Gone are ruffs and reeves, spoonbills, bitterns, avosets; the very snipe, one hears, disdains to breed.
From Prose Idylls, New and Old by Charles Kingsley
