protonotary
/prəʊˈtɒnətərɪ/(亦作prothonotary)
noun
(pl. -ies)
- chiefly historical a chief clerk in some law courts, originally in the Byzantine court〈主史〉（某些法院的）首席书记官（源于拜占庭法庭）。
词源
late Middle English: via medieval Latin from late Greek prōtonotarios,from prōtos 'first'+notarios 'notary'.