scrivener

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(skriv′ən ər)

noun

  1. a scribe, copyist, or clerk
  2. a notary

Origin: ME scriveyner, extended < scrivein < OFr escrivain < VL *scribanus < L scriba, scribe

See scrivener in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. 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).
  2. A notary.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English scriveiner

Origin: , from scrivein

Origin: , from Old French escrivein

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *scrība, scrībān-

Origin: , from Latin scrība, scribe; see scribe

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