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Webster 1913 Edition


Hogreeve

Hog′reeveˊ

,
Noun.
[See
Reeve
.]
A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
[New Eng.]
Bartlett.

Definition 2024


hogreeve

hogreeve

English

Noun

hogreeve (plural hogreeves)

  1. (obsolete) A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.

References

  • hogreeve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913