greffier

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin grafarius, graphiarius.

Noun

greffier (plural greffiers)

1. (obsolete) A registrar or recorder; a notary.
   • Bishop Joseph Hall

     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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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin graphiarius (“scribe, secretary”), from graphium (“stylus”). Compare greffe (“clerk's office”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁefje/

Noun

greffier m (plural greffiers, feminine greffière)

1. (law) clerk of the court; registrar of the court, or similar role
2. (dated, slang) cat, malkin
3. (dated, slang) hag

Further reading

• “greffier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.