English Dictionary: Greeve | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for Greeve | |
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[emac]v), Greeve \Greeve\, n. [AS. ger[emac]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. |