# Reeve

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**Reeve** may refer to:

## Titles

- [Reeve (Canada)](/source/Reeve_(Canada)), an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents
- [Reeve (England)](/source/Reeve_(England)), an official appointed by the kings and lords in the medieval period to carry out local administrative duties
- [High-reeve](/source/High-reeve), a title taken by some English magistrates during the 10th and 11th centuries
- Shire [reeve](/source/Reeve_(England)), an official position that originated the term [Sheriff](/source/Sheriff)
- [Vogt](/source/Vogt), an official in many European countries, often translated *reeve*

## Other uses

- [Reeve (surname)](/source/Reeve_(surname)), list of notable people with the surname
- [Reeve, Wisconsin](/source/Reeve,_Wisconsin), an unincorporated community
- Reeve knot, a [stopper knot](/source/Stopper_knot)
- Reeve, a female [ruff (bird)](/source/Ruff_(bird)), a wading bird
- [Reeve (*Final Fantasy*)](/source/Reeve_(Final_Fantasy)), a character from the video game *Final Fantasy VII*
- [Reeve Electric Association Plant](/source/Reeve_Electric_Association_Plant), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Iowa
- "[The Reeve's Prologue and Tale](/source/The_Reeve's_Prologue_and_Tale)", from *The Canterbury Tales* by Chaucer
- [Leander Reeve House](/source/Leander_Reeve_House), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Iowa
- [To reeve](/source/Glossary_of_nautical_terms_(M-Z)#reeve) a line through blocks in order to gain a mechanical advantage, a nautical term

## See also

- [Reave](/source/Reave), boundary wall
- [Reeves (disambiguation)](/source/Reeves_(disambiguation))

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