Greeve (?), n.
See Grieve, an overseer.
© Webster 1913.
Grieve (?), Greeve, n. [AS. gerfa. 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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