'Greeve' definitions:
- 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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- Greeve \Greeve\, n.
See Grieve, an overseer.
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