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greffier

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɡɹɛfiə(ɹ)/

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noun

Meaning 1

A registrar or recorder; a notary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From French greffier, from Late Latin grafārius, graphiārius.