reeve

Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.

His first convert was the reeve of the city of Lincoln called Blæcca, ...

The president of a township or municipal district council.

The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.

A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. […] “Reeve”, perhaps, savoured a little too much of legal authority.

To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.

"Let the rope go," he says. With his other hand he reaches down and reeves the two turns from the stanchion.

A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.