单词 | fen-reeve |
释义 | > as lemmasfen-reeve fen-reeve n. an officer having charge of fen lands. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > official in charge of moor or fen fen-reeve1654 moorman1687 1654 in East Anglian (1871) IV. 14 They have chosen John Kent to be ffenn Reeve for the parish of Gillingham All Sts. 1865 W. White Eastern Eng. II. 172 The common lands are under the charge of ‘fen-reeves’. 1910 H. M. Doughty Chron. Theberton xv. 209 Fen reeves had been elected every year by ‘town meeting’. < as lemmas |
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