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CIDE DICTIONARY

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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