reeve

The elected president of a town council in some parts of Canada.

Any of various minor officers of parishes or other local authorities.

A bailiff or steward of a manor in the later medieval period.

A high officer of local administration appointed by the Anglo-Saxon kings.

To pass (a rope or rod) through a hole, ring, pulley, or block.

To fasten by passing through or around.

To pass a rope or rod through (a hole, ring, pulley, or block).

The female ruff, Philomachus pugnax.

A steward; a prefect; a bailiff; a business agent.

A foreman in a coal-mine.