单词 | shire-reeve |
释义 | > as lemmasshire-reeve shire-reeve n. etymologizing form of sheriff n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > sheriff or high sheriff shiremanc1020 sheriffc1034 viscount1387 shire-reeve14.. high sheriff1450 14.. Langland's P. Pl. C. iv. 78 Boþe shire-reues and sergauntes. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 350 Our Magistrat nowe called a Sherif, or (to speake more truely, Shyrereue). 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. Introd. §4. 112 The sheriff, shrieve, or shire-reeve. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ix. 726 These reeves received in counties the appellation of shire-reeves. < as lemmas |
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