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greeve |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Greeve \Greeve\, n. See {Grieve}, an overseer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grieve \Grieve\ (gr[=e]v), Greeve \Greeve\, n. [AS. ger[=e]fa. Cf {Reeve} an officer.] A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scot.] Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. --Sir W. Scott.
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