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greffier

  • /ˈɡɹɛfiə(ɹ)/

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From French greffier, from Late Latin grafārius, graphiārius.

noun greffiers

  1. obsolete A registrar or recorder; a notary. 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.

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"greffier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/greffier. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{greffier_2026,
  title = {greffier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/greffier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}