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Meaning of greffier | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈɡɹɛfiə(ɹ)/

Definitions

A registrar or recorder; a notary.

obsolete

Equivalents

Français greffier

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.”
“These bedels or greffiers were jolly robustious souls, bending beneath the weight of their ponderous silver maces, and attired in gowns of black, blue, violet, or dark red, each colour denoting the Faculty to which the wearer pertained.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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