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Word: Protonotary
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via medieval Latin from late Greek prōtonotarios, from prōtos ‘first’ + notarios ‘notary’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌprəʊtəˈnəʊt(ə)ri
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
prəˈtɒnət(ə)ri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a chief clerk in some law courts, originally in the Byzantine court.
Short Definition:chief clerk in some law courts
Variant Forms:
- prothonotary
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