FromMiddle Dutchgrietman, fromOld Frisiangrētman (West Frisiangrytman), fromgrēta(“to greet; to accuse”). Unrelated togriet(“girl, gal”).

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grietman m (pluralgrietmannen,diminutivegrietmannetje n)

1. (historical) A type ofjudge anddistrictgovernor inmedieval andearly modernFriesland.

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “grietenij”, inEtymologiebank, Meertens Institute

• grietman on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia^nl

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