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Reeve (Canada) In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as ...

, an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents *

Reeve (England) In Anglo-Saxon England, the reeve was a senior official with local responsibilities under the Crown, such as the chief magistrate of a town or district. After the Norman conquest, it was an office held by a man of lower rank, appointed as manager o ...

, an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a lord *

High-reeve High-reeve ( ang, hēahgerēfa) was a title taken by some English magnates during the 10th and 11th centuries, and is particularly associated with the rulers of Bamburgh. It was not however only used by rulers of Bamburgh; many other places used ...

, a title taken by some English magistrates during the 10th and 11th centuries *Shire reeve, an official position that originated the term

Sheriff A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland that is commonly transla ...

Vogt During the Middle Ages, an (sometimes given as modern English: advocate; German: ; French: ) was an office-holder who was legally delegated to perform some of the secular responsibilities of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as ...

, an official in many European countries, often translated ''reeve''

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Reeve (surname) Reeve is an English surname originally meaning officer or steward. Some notable persons with the surname include: * Ada Reeve (1874–1966), English actress * Alan Reeve (born 1948), English murderer * Arthur B. Reeve (1880–1936), American auth ...

, list of notable people with the surname *

Reeve, Wisconsin Reeve is an unincorporated community located in the town of Vance Creek, Barron County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populou ...

, an unincorporated community *Reeve knot, a

stopper knot Stopper may refer to: * Bung, a plug used to stop the opening of a container ** Laboratory rubber stopper, a specific type of bung * Plug (sanitation), used to stop a drainage outlet * Defender (association football), in soccer (association footba ...

*Reeve, a female

ruff (bird) The ruff (''Calidris pugnax'') is a medium-sized wading bird that breeds in marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia. This highly gregarious sandpiper is migratory and sometimes forms huge flocks in its winter grounds, which include so ...

, a wading bird * Reeve (''Final Fantasy''), a character from the video game ''Final Fantasy VII'' *

Reeve Electric Association Plant The Reeve Electric Association Plant, now known as the REA Power Plant Museum, is an historic structure located near Hampton, Iowa, United States. In the 1930s only 10% of rural homes and farms in the United States had electricity. The first men ...

, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Iowa *"

The Reeve's Prologue and Tale "The Reeve's Tale" is the third story told in Geoffrey Chaucer's '' The Canterbury Tales''. The reeve, named Oswald in the text, is the manager of a large estate who reaped incredible profits for his master and himself. He is described in the ...

", from ''The Canterbury Tales'' by Chaucer * Leander Reeve House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Iowa * To reeve a line through blocks in order to gain a mechanical advantage, a nautical term

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