Definition of "greffier" [gref•fi•er]

• A registrar or recorder; a notary. (noun)

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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."
• "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."
• "'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."