notaire
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of notaire
French
Example Sentences
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He took on the name "Jacques Villon" back in the '90s, when he was painting in secret on Montmartre and trying to convince his father, a stern notaire, that he was really attending law school.
From Time Magazine Archive
And when my friend the notaire comes to play chess with me, you should see him eye my antiques, ah, so covetously; I see him, but I never let on.
From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by Edwards, George Wharton
First and most resplendent of them appeared the individual whom Olwen rightly guessed to be the notaire from Bordeaux.
From The Disturbing Charm by Ruck, Berta
The notaire, hastening to Cedillo, takes up hastily “son manteau et son chapeau.”
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
An avocat is even higher than a notaire," she answered; "he gives counsel; he pleads before the judges.
From The Doctor's Dilemma by Stretton, Hesba
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