Weird Harold
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Another reeve for the mix. ...
And another: Sheriff:
Usually the chief peace officer of a county.
The modern office of sheriff in the United States descends from a one-thousand-year-old English tradition: a "shire-reeve" (shire-keeper) is the oldest appointment of the English crown.