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–noun

1.	scribe¹ (defs. 1, 2).

a notary.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME scriveyner, equiv. to scrivein (< OF escrivein; see scribe¹, -an) + -er -er¹

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scriv·en·er Audio Help (skrĭv'ə-nər, skrĭv'nər) Pronunciation Key
n.

A professional copyist; a scribe: "Gutenberg's invention of movable type . . . took words out of the sole possession of monastic scriveners and placed them before the wider public" (Irvin Molotsky).
A notary.

[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
noun
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.

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