Usually means: Local official overseeing market town.
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  1. portreeve: Merriam-Webster
  2. portreeve: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Portreeve, portreeve: Wordnik
  4. portreeve: Wiktionary
  5. Portreeve: Dictionary.com
  6. Portreeve: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Portreeve: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. portreeve: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Portreeve: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. portreeve: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. portreeve: FreeDictionary.org
  12. portreeve: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. Portreeve: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (portreeve)

noun:  A borough-reeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England.
noun:  (historical) A municipal office subordinate to a mayor, (especially) a bailiff.
noun:  (historical) A port reeve, a port warden.

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