portgrave
CIDE DICTIONARY
portgrave, [AS.
portgerēfa;
port a harbor +
gerēfa a reeve or sheriff. See
Reeve a steward, and cf.
Portreeve.].
In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve. Fabyan. [1913 Webster]
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