portgerefa

Old English

Etymology

From port (“a walled market town”) +‎ ġerēfa (“reeve”).

Noun

portġerēfa m (nominative plural portġerēfan)

  1. A portreeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialectal) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England.

Descendants

References
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "portreeve, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2006.
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