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Old English
Etymology
From port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”).
Pronunciation
Noun
portġerēfa m (nominative plural portġerēfan)
- a portreeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England
Declension
Declension of portġerēfa (weak)
Descendants
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "portreeve, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2006.