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Reeve (Canada) In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as ...

, an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents *

Reeve (England) In Anglo-Saxon England, a reeve (Old English: ) was an administrative official serving the king or a lesser lord in a variety of roles. After the Norman Conquest, it was an office held by a man of lower rank, appointed as manager of a manor and ...

, an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a lord *

High-reeve High-reeve () was a title taken by some Anglo-Saxon, English magnates during the 10th and 11th centuries, and is particularly associated with the Earls, ealdormen and high-reeves of Bamburgh, rulers of Bamburgh. It was not however only used by ru ...

, a title taken by some English magistrates during the 10th and 11th centuries *Shire reeve, an official position that originated the term

Sheriff A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland, the , which is common ...

Vogt An , sometimes simply advocate, (German, ), or (French, ), was a type of medieval office holder, particularly important in the Holy Roman Empire, who was delegated some of the powers and functions of a major feudal lord, or for an institutio ...

, an official in many European countries, often translated ''reeve''

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* Reeve (surname), list of notable people with the surname * Reeve, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *Reeve knot, a

stopper knot A stopper knot (or simply stopper) is a knot that creates a fixed thicker point on an otherwise-uniform thickness rope for the purpose of preventing the rope, at that point, from slipping through a narrow passage, such as a hole in a block. To pa ...

*Reeve, a female ruff (bird), a wading bird * Reeve (''Final Fantasy''), a character from the video game ''Final Fantasy VII'' * Reeve Electric Association Plant, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Iowa *" The Reeve's Prologue and Tale", from ''The Canterbury Tales'' by Chaucer * Leander Reeve House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Iowa * To reeve a line through blocks in order to gain a mechanical advantage, a nautical term

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