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Reeves

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • //ɹiːvz//

A surname originating as an occupation.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname originating as an occupation.

  2. 2

    A place name: An unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States.

  3. 3

    A place name: A village in Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States.

  4. 4

    A place name: A townland in County Kildare, Ireland.

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Reeve with excrescent -s. * Also as an English topographical surname, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves (“at the border”), see Eaves. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Rímheadha, Ó Rímheá (“descendant of Rímheadh”), from rímid (“counter”).

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