Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
portreeve .
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Examples
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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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