portgreve Meaning, Definition & Usage

Port"greve`, Port"grave` (Also<
  • Portgreve
  • Portgrave
)
Etymology
AS. portgerefa; port a harbor + gerefa a reeve or sheriff. See Reeve a steward, and cf. Portreeve.
Definitions
  1. In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve. Obs. Fabyan.

Webster 1913