borough-reeven.

/ˈbʌrəriːv/

Forms: Old English burhgeréfa (also Historical in 1800s), Middle English burhreve, 1800s borough-reeve.

Etymology: < borough n. + reeve n.¹

†a. A governor of a town or city; esp. the official who before the Norman Conquest represented the king's authority for fiscal and other purposes in boroughs, as the scír-geréfa (sheriff n.) did in shires. The office seems to have been substantially identical with that of portreeve n.

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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor

borough-reevec1000

portreeveOE

sovereigna1325

mayorc1325

Lord Mayor1414

wick-master1587

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 110 Prætor uel præfectus, uel quæstor, burhgerefa.

c1225 Leg. Kath. 1927 Com a burhreve [L. urbis prefectus] as þe þat wes þes deoueles budel.

1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. I. 84 The præfectus, or burh-gerefa, was rather a royal than a civic officer.]

b. The chief municipal officer in certain unincorporated English towns, before the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > in certain English towns before 1835

borough-reeve1808

1808 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 325/1 The weavers assembled..near Manchester..Mr. Starkie, the Boroughreeve strove to persuade them to disperse, but in vain.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. v. 334 The officer of the king, who was called port-reeve or borough-reeve.

1881 J. Morley Life R. Cobden I. 121 He was intolerant of the small politics of the Borough-reeve and the Constables.

1885 Manch. Examiner 20 Mar. 8/4 He filled the office of boroughreeve, or chief magistrate, of Salford in 1839.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	borough-reeve
释义	borough-reeven. /ˈbʌrəriːv/ Forms: Old English burhgeréfa (also Historical in 1800s), Middle English burhreve, 1800s borough-reeve. Etymology: < borough n. + reeve n.¹ †a. A governor of a town or city; esp. the official who before the Norman Conquest represented the king's authority for fiscal and other purposes in boroughs, as the scír-geréfa (sheriff n.) did in shires. The office seems to have been substantially identical with that of portreeve n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor borough-reevec1000 portreeveOE sovereigna1325 mayorc1325 Lord Mayor1414 wick-master1587 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 110 Prætor uel præfectus, uel quæstor, burhgerefa. c1225 Leg. Kath. 1927 Com a burhreve [L. urbis prefectus] as þe þat wes þes deoueles budel. 1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. I. 84 The præfectus, or burh-gerefa, was rather a royal than a civic officer.] b. The chief municipal officer in certain unincorporated English towns, before the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > in certain English towns before 1835 borough-reeve1808 1808 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 325/1 The weavers assembled..near Manchester..Mr. Starkie, the Boroughreeve strove to persuade them to disperse, but in vain. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. v. 334 The officer of the king, who was called port-reeve or borough-reeve. 1881 J. Morley Life R. Cobden I. 121 He was intolerant of the small politics of the Borough-reeve and the Constables. 1885 Manch. Examiner 20 Mar. 8/4 He filled the office of boroughreeve, or chief magistrate, of Salford in 1839. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1000
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