| 单词 | town-reeve |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown-reeve town-reeve n. now chiefly historical (a) a bailiff, a steward, esp. one in charge of an estate; (b) a local official in charge of a settlement or town; cf. portreeve n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property town-reeveeOE reeveeOE gravec1175 procuratorc1300 dispender1340 provost1340 bailiec1375 officerc1375 dispenserc1380 proctora1382 dispensator1382 farmerc1384 approverc1386 husbanda1387 stewardc1405 chamberlain1423 procurer1477 factor1520 bailiff1528 land-steward1535 improver1536 grieve1537 amtman1582 administrator1596 stead-man1609 dapifer1636 vogt1694 house jobber1709 commissioner1760 foreman1774 house agent1793 ground-officer1815 land-agent1846 wic-reeve1853 steadward1876 house farmer1882 house-knacker1884 land-sergeant1894 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xxv. 344 Þa com he on morgenne to þæm tungerefan [L. vilicum], þe his ealdormon wæs..& he hine sona to þære abbudissan gelædde. eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. xi. 416 Þa onfoeng hio se tungerefa. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 8 Ða herede se hlaford þære unrihtwisnesse tungerefan [L. vilicum]. 1580 in W. M. Lummis Churches of Bungay (1950) 36 The town revys. 1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 100 A few adventurers even sailed to Dorchester, 787 a.d., and slew the town-reeve when he sought to call them to account. 1958 Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) 13 June 12/3 A donation of £10 was among those received by the Town Reeve of Bungay. 2003 A. Williams Æthelred the Unready iii. 64 Town-reeves in charge of trading-centres..were distinguished by their responsibility for overseeing commercial transactions. < as lemmas |
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