Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A registrar or recorder; a clerk; in French law, a prothonotary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A registrar or recorder; a notary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
registrar orrecorder ; anotary .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Toulouse was immediately commenced by the 'greffier', according to the command of the Keeper of the Seals, who had given them to him both together.
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The attention was general; every one was motionless, so as not to lose a word; all eyes were fixed upon the 'greffier' who was reading.
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Toulouse was immediately commenced by the 'greffier', according to the command of the Keeper of the Seals, who had given them to him both together.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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Toulouse was immediately commenced by the 'greffier', according to the command of the Keeper of the Seals, who had given them to him both together.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 12 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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The attention was general; every one was motionless, so as not to lose a word; all eyes were fixed upon the 'greffier' who was reading.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 12 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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The attention was general; every one was motionless, so as not to lose a word; all eyes were fixed upon the 'greffier' who was reading.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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'greffier', ordered him to bring his paper and his little bureau near his, so as to do all at once; and in presence of the King register everything that had been read and resolved, and signed also.
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'greffier', ordered him to bring his paper and his little bureau near his, so as to do all at once; and in presence of the King register everything that had been read and resolved, and signed also.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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'greffier', ordered him to bring his paper and his little bureau near his, so as to do all at once; and in presence of the King register everything that had been read and resolved, and signed also.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 12 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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Another witness was Jacques De Laville, a sturdy old soldier who became the official greffier, or registrar, of Quebec, and joined the bedside group in an official capacity.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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