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Definition of reeve

reeve
Reve Reve, n. [See Reeve.] An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written reeve.] [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
Reeve
Reeve Reeve (r?v), n. (Zo["o]l.) The female of the ruff.
Reeve
Reeve Reeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rove (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeving.] [Cf. D. reven. See Reef, n. & v. t.] (Naut.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
Reeve
Reeve Reeve, n. [OE. reve, AS. ger?fa. Cf. Sheriff.] an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman.

Meaning of reeve from wikipedia

- Look up reeve in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reeve may refer to: Reeve (Canada), an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents...
- Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, film director, author, and activist, best known for playing the...
- Charles Reeve (née Morosini; March 17, 1961 – March 6, 2006) was an American actress and singer. She was the wife of actor Christopher Reeve and mother...
- Simon Alan Reeve (born 21 July 1972) is an English author, journalist, adventurer, do****entary filmmaker and television presenter. Reeve divides his home...
- elder son of actor Christopher Reeve. His mother was Reeve's long-term partner Gae Exton. Reeve has a sister, Alexandra Reeve Givens, and a half-brother,...
- Reeve (born September 20, 1966) is an American basketball head coach and President of Basketball Operations for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. Reeve...
- Reeve Jefferson Carney (born April 18, 1983) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He is best known for originating the role of Orpheus in the original...
- Reave, Reaves, Reeves and others. Some notable persons with the surname include: Ada Reeve (1874–1966), English actress Alan Reeve (born 1948), English...
- William Reeve may refer to: William Reeve (composer), English theatre composer and organist William Reeve (bishop), Anglican priest William Reeve (missionary)...
- Keanu Charles Reeves (/kiˈɑːnuː/ kee-AH-noo; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor. Known for his phlegmatic disposition in roles spanning numerous...