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Reeves

//ɹiːvz// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. 2
    A place name:; An unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States.
  3. 3
    A place name:; A village in Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  4. 4
    A place name:; A townland in County Kildare, Ireland.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of reeve form-of, plural

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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