Word: portreeves
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: por
treeves
Definition: Plural of portreeve. A borough-reeve: an office equivalent to a mayor in several major English towns or in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England.
Morphemes:
Affix: portreeve
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A borough-reeve: an office equivalent to a mayor in several major English towns or in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: port
Language: ang
Decoded: port
Meaning: a walled market town
Affix: gerefa
Language: ang
Decoded: gerefa
Meaning: reeve
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.