Walken for pres?

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    reeve1 (r?v)
    n.
    The elected president of a town council in some parts of Canada.
    Any of various minor officers of parishes or other local authorities.
    A bailiff or steward of a manor in the later medieval period.
    A high officer of local administration appointed by the Anglo-Saxon kings.
    [Middle English, from Old English ger?fa.]

    reeve2 (r?v)
    tr.v. Nautical., reeved or rove (r?v), reevĀ·ing, reeves.
    To pass (a rope or rod) through a hole, ring, pulley, or block.
    To fasten by passing through or around.
    To pass a rope or rod through (a hole, ring, pulley, or block).
    [Origin unknown.]

    reeve3 (r?v)
    n.
    The female ruff.

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