Grieve (grēv), Greeve, n. [AS. gerēfa. Cf. Reeve an officer.] A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.
Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve. Sir W. Scott.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.