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 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.
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n. someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
Word Usage
"A scrivener is a public copyist, but that noun has fallen into disuse except among notaries public; a scribe, once “a copyist of biblical texts,” is now used jocularly to mean “journalist,” and a scribbler is a put-down of a writer."