What is the name meaning of REEVE. Phrases containing REEVE
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Look up reeve in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reeve may refer to: Reeve (Canada), an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents
Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed many stage and screen
Simon Alan Reeve (born 21 July 1972) is an English author, journalist, adventurer, documentary filmmaker and television presenter. Reeve has made global
Simon Reeve (British TV presenter)
Charles Reeve (née Morosini; March 17, 1961 – March 6, 2006) was an American actress and singer. She was the wife of actor Christopher Reeve and mother
Reaves, Reeves and others. Some notable persons with the surname include: Ada Reeve (1874–1966), English actress. Mother of Goodie Reeve. Alan Reeve (born
elder son of actor Christopher Reeve. His mother was Reeve's long-term partner Gae Exton. Reeve has a sister, Alexandra Reeve Givens, and a half-brother,
Reeve Jefferson Carney (born April 18, 1983) is an American actor, musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for originating the role of Orpheus
Alexandra Exton Reeve Givens (born November 25, 1983) is a British-American lawyer, technology policy expert, and nonprofit executive. She serves as the
Reeve (born September 20, 1966) is an American basketball head coach and President of Basketball Operations for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. Reeve
William Reeve may refer to: William Reeve (composer), English theatre composer and organist William Reeve (bishop), Anglican priest William Reeve (missionary)
REEVE
Boy/Male
English
Steward.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Son of Reeve; Surname; Bailiff
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a sheriff, from Middle English schiref, shreeve, shryve ‘sheriff’, from Old English scīr ‘shire’, ‘administrative district’ + (ge)rēfa ‘reeve’ (see Reeve). In some cases it may have arisen from a nickname.
Girl/Female
British, English
Bailiff
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English
Son of Reeve. Surname. The medieval castle or landholding reeve oversaw all feudal obligations.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Rievaulx in North Yorkshire.English : patronymic from Reeve.
Surname or Lastname
English (most common in East Anglia)
English (most common in East Anglia) : from Middle English reeve, an occupational name for a steward or bailiff, the precise character of whose duties varied from place to place and at different periods.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name for a reeve, the chief magistrate or bailiff of a district, from Latin praetor.Dutch : occupational name for a warden of meadows or a gamekeeper, from Middle Dutch prater, preter (Latin pratarius, a derivative of pratum ‘meadow’).Dutch and North German : nickname for an excessively talkative person, from Middle Low German praten ‘to talk or prattle’.German : variant of Brater (see Brader 2).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Reeves.
Boy/Male
English American
Son of the reeve or Gray-haired: son of the Gray family; son of Gregory.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Steward; Bailiff
Boy/Male
English
Surname. The medieval castle or landholding reeve oversaw all feudal obligations.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name for a sheriff, from Middle English schiref ‘sheriff’, ‘administrative officer of an English shire’, from Old English scīr ‘shire’ + (ge)rēfa ‘reeve’ (see Reeve). Compare Shreve.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Son of Reeve
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Reeve.English : topographic name for someone who lived on the margin of a wood, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves ‘at the edge’ (Old English æt þære efese).
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of the Reeve
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reeves.
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Boy/Male
Arabic
Servant of the king.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Alured, a form of Alfred, which was sometimes written Alvred, especially in Old French texts. The v was misread as a vowel, since v and u were written identically and not regarded as distinct letters.English : from the Middle English personal name Alrit, a variant of Aldred.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Courtney, CORTNEY means "short nose."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Pleasant and Charming
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a woodcutter or a forester (compare Woodward), or topographic name for someone who lived in the woods.English and Scottish : possibly from the Old English personal name Wudumann.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Smart
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Glow; Shine; Flame
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Water Falls
Boy/Male
Hindu
Wind
Boy/Male
Irish
Derived from fear “â€manâ€â€ and gus “â€strengthâ€â€ and signifies “â€a strong warrior, virile.â€â€ According to the legend of the Cattle Raid of Cooley (read the legend) Fergus was the king of Ulster and his lover, the cunning Nessa, duped him into letting her son Conchobhar rule in his place for a year so that in years to come her son could be called “â€the son of a king.â€â€ Fergus consented but after the year Conchobhar refused to relinquish the throne and so Fergus joined Maebh in her battle against Ulster, his native province.
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n.
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks.
n.
One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding.
n.
The female of the ruff.
v. t.
To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
n.
A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself.
n.
A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve.
n.
an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Reeve
n.
The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
imp. & p. p.
of Reeve
n.
A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
n.
A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.