SCRIVENER

copyist, scribe, scrivener

(noun) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

scrivener (plural scriveners)

A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.

(obsolete) One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.

A writing master.

Synonyms

• amanuensis

• scribe

• tabellion

Proper noun

Scrivener

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary


Scrive"ner ( or ), n. Etym: [From older scrivein, OF. escrivain, F. écrivain, LL. scribanus, from L. scribere to write. See Scribe.]

1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. Shak. The writer better scrivener than clerk. Fuller.

2. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. [Obs.] ryden.

3. A writing master. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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