Scrivener

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • 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).
  • n. A notary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
  • n. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.
  • n. A writing master.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
  • n. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.
  • n. A writing master.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A writer: especially, a public writer; a notary; specifically, one whose occupation is the drawing of contracts or other writings.
  • n. One whose business it is to receive money and place it out at interest, and supply those who want to raise money on security; a money-broker; a financial agent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    employee   
    Cross Reference
    palsy    notary   
    Hyponym
    Ezra   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    broker    clerk    amanuensis    copyist    tabellion    scribe   
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