Meaning of portreeve | Babel Free

Definitions

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. A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff.
   historical
3. A port reeve, a port warden.
   historical

Examples

“Instead of the portgreve [of London], Richard the first ordained two bailiffs, but presently after him King John granted them a mayor for their yearly magistrate.”

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