Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as portreeve.

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Examples

  • In the middle of the Pardon Churchyard of St. Paul's was a chapel of rich ornament, built by "Gilbert Becket, portgrave and principal magistrate in this City in the reign of King St.phen."

    Old St. Paul's Cathedral William Benham 1870

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