Reeves
//ɹiːvz// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of reeve form-of, plural
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation.
- 2 A place name:; An unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States.
- 3 A place name:; A village in Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- 4 A place name:; A townland in County Kildare, Ireland.
Example
More examples"I like that movie where Keanu Reeves says, "Whoa.""
Etymology
* As an English surname, variant of Reeve with excrescent -s. * Also as an English topographical surname, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves (“at the border”), see Eaves. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Rímheadha, Ó Rímheá (“descendant of Rímheadh”), from rímid (“counter”).
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