Greeve

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Greeve \Greeve\, n.
     See {Grieve}, an overseer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.]
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           Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
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