Greffier
//ˈɡɹɛfiə(ɹ)// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A registrar or recorder; a notary. obsolete
"c. 1610, Joseph Hall, epistle to Sir Thomas Challoner One thing I may not omit, without sinful oversight; a short, but memorable story, which the Greffier of that town, though of different religion, reported to more ears than ours."
Example
More examples"c. 1610, Joseph Hall, epistle to Sir Thomas Challoner One thing I may not omit, without sinful oversight; a short, but memorable story, which the Greffier of that town, though of different religion, reported to more ears than ours."
Etymology
From French greffier, from Late Latin grafārius, graphiārius.
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