Their small town had a reeve instead of a mayor.
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Reeve
/ɹiːv/
Synonyms for "reeve" (100 found)
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Noun(2 words)
aldermanarchonbailiebailiffbeadlebeaglebound bailiffburghermasterburgomastercabinet membercabinet ministercaptaincatchpolechancellorchief of policecity councilmancity fathercity manager
Strong matches (30)
commissarcommissionerconstablecouncillorcouncilmancouncilwomancounty commissionercounty supervisordeputydeputy sheriffdetectiveelderfedfederalflicg mang-mangendarmegovernment manheadman
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Noun(5 words)
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Noun(11 words)
lord mayormace-bearermagistratemairemarshalmayorministerminister of statemounted policemanmpnarcofficerpatrolmanpeace officerpolice captainpolice commissionerpolice constablepolice inspectorpolice matronpolice officer
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police sergeantpolicemanpolicewomanportreeveroundsmansecretarysecretary of stateselectmansergeantsergeant at armssheriffsuperintendentsupervisorsyndictipstafftipstavestrooperundersecretarywarden
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14 entriesPhilomachus pugnaxadministrationcivil servantgovernancelinelocal government officialmunicipal administratorofficialpass throughpublic officialriggingroperope handlingruff
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10 entriescable threadinghalyard reevinghawser reevingmanor reeveparish reevepassage linereeving linerural reeveshire reevetown reeve
Collocations
11 entrieshawser reevinglocal reevemanor reeveparish reevereeve a ropereeve the halyardreeve the linereeve through a blockreeving roperural reeveshire reeve
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In Grade 7, on one snowy winter day on Lulu Island, my friend Tom, who hailed from Taiwan, and I were building, on the school's baseball field, a snow city, modelled after the buildings on planet Krypton in the popular movie Superman with Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando. Tom disappeared from this world later in high school.
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His first convert was the reeve of the city of Lincoln called Blæcca, ...
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A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. […] “Reeve”, perhaps, savoured a little too much of legal authority.
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