notary public(n = noun.person) notary - someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions;
is a kind of functionary, official

N  lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law, jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate, barrister, barrister at law, King's or Queen's counsel, K, C, Q, C, silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher, tubman, judge, bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers, officer of the court, gentleman of the long robe, junior bar, outer bar, inner bar, equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader, solicitor, proctor, notary, notary public, scrivener, cursitor, writer, writer to the signet, S, S, C, limb of the law, pettifogger, vakil, legal beagle, legal secretary, legal assistant, law student, learned in the law, at the bar, forensic, esquire, esquired, banco regis.

certified public accountant, doctor of public health, general public, in public, in the public eye, initial public offering, master in public affairs, notary, public, public address system, public assistance, public charity, public convenience, public debate, public debt, public defender, public discussion, public domain, public easement, public enemy, public executioner, public exposure, public eye, public figure, public holiday, public house, public housing, public image, public knowledge, public lavatory, public law, public lecture, public library, public mover, public nudity, public nuisance, public office, public opinion, public opinion poll, public presentation, public press, public property, public prosecutor, public relations, public relations man, public relations person, public school, public security, public servant, public service, public speaker, public speaking, public square, public toilet, public transit, public transport, public treasury, public trough, public trust, public utility, public utility company, public violence, public works, right to speedy and public trial by jury, united states public health service