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Greeve

Greeve

,
Noun.
See
Grieve
, an overseer.

Grieve

(grēv)
,

Greeve

,
Noun.
[AS.
gerēfa
. 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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