Definition of Portgave

Definition of Portgave

{ Port"greve` (?), Port"grave` (?), }[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. [Obs.] Fabyan.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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