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reeves

noun

Meaning

  1. Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
  2. The president of a township or municipal district council.
  3. The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.
  4. A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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