English

hogreeve

From hog + reeve.

A compound of hog + reeve

Middle English hog ‘a pig or swine, especially one that is…’

English hog

Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō ‘officer, official’

Old English rēfa ‘prefect’

Middle English reve ‘a reeve or bailiff’

English reeve

Today it means

noun A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hogreeve