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 or recorder; a notary.

Etymologies

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French, from Late Latin grafarius, graphiarius.

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