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reeve1 British & World English

a local official, in particular the chief magistrate of a town or district in Anglo-Saxon England

reeve2 British & World English

thread (a rope or rod) through a ring or other aperture

reeve3 British & World English

a female ruff

Reeve, Christopher British & World English

(1952–2004), US actor. He starred in the Superman movie series 1978–87, as well as other movies such as Somewhere in Time (1980), Deathtrap (1982), and Rear Window (1998). A horseback riding accident in 1995 left him paralyzed from the neck down, after which he became a prominent advocate for public awareness of and research support for spinal cord injuries

reeve in ruff1 British & World English

a North Eurasian wading bird, the male of which has a large variously coloured ruff and ear tufts in the breeding season, used in display