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scrive·ner
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n.
[Middle English scriveiner, from scrivein, from Old French escrivein, from Vulgar Latin *scrība, scrībān-, from Latin scrība, scribe; see scribe.] |
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scrivener
"professional penman, copyist," c.1375, from scrivein "scribe" (c.1300), from O.Fr. escrivain "a writer, notary, clerk," from V.L. *scribanem, acc. of scriba "a scribe," from scribere (see script).
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| scrivener | |
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| someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts [syn: copyist] |
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Main Entry: scriv·en·er
Pronunciation: 'skri-v&-n&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of scriveyn, from Anglo-French
escrivein, ultimately from Latin scriba public record keeper, from scribere to write
: a professional or public copyist or writer of official or formal documents (as
deeds or contracts)
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Scrivener
Scribe\ (skr[imac]b), n. [L. scriba, fr. scribere to write; cf. Gr. ska`rifos a splinter, pencil, style (for writing), E. scarify. Cf. Ascribe, Describe, Script, Scrivener, Scrutoire.]1. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist. 2. (Jewish Hist.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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