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amanuensis

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a⋅man⋅u⋅en⋅sis

  [uh-man-yoo-en-sis]
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–noun, plural -ses  [-seez] .
a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another; secretary.
Origin:
1610–20; < L (servus) āmanuēnsis, equiv. to ā- a- 4 + manu-, s. of manus hand + -ēnsis -ensis
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a·man·u·en·sis   (ə-mān'yōō-ěn'sĭs)   
n.   pl. a·man·u·en·ses (-sēz)
One who is employed to take dictation or to copy manuscript.

[Latin āmanuēnsis, from the phrase (servus) ā manū, (slave) at handwriting : ā, ab, by; see ab-1 + manū, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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amanuensis 
"one who takes dictation," 1619, from L. amanuensis, from servus a manu "secretary," lit. "servant from the hand," from a "from" + manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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