English

Noun

greffier ‎(plural greffiers)

1. (obsolete) A registrar or recorder; a notary.
   • Bishop Joseph Hall

     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.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin graphiarius ‎(“scribe, secretary”)^[1], from graphium ‎(“stylus”). Compare greffe ‎(“clerk's office”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁefje/

Noun

greffier m ‎(plural greffiers, feminine greffière)

1. (law) clerk of the court; registrar of the court
2. (dated, slang) cat, malkin

References

1. ↑ Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue française (1870)