notaire

British

/ ˌnəʊˈtɛə /

noun

(in France) a public official authorized by the state to attest and certify certain legal documents, oversee property transactions, etc

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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

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

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

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