Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portreeve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: portreeve
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff.

noun

A port reeve, a port warden.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Middle English portereve, portereve, from Old English portġerēfa, from port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”). By surface analysis, port + reeve.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: portereve, portġerēfa

Inflected Forms

portreeves (plural) port-reeve (alternative) portgreve (alternative) portgrave (alternative)

Derived Forms

portreeveship

Questions

What does portreeve mean?: 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.
Where does portreeve come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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