scrivener
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈskrɪvənər/
- Archaic
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- All those scriveners, copyists, translators, researchers, thinkers...
- Bartleby, the Scrivener
It's Bartleby, Bartleby the scrivener and Daisy Miller peer and Isabel the brother and sister.
- It's Bartleby, Bartleby the scrivener and Daisy Miller peer and Isabel the brother and sister.
Examples
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There are a number of shops that are set up to provide scrivener services.
Blog text (19) -
Mr. Bausch assigns Bartleby the Scrivener, a novella by Herman Melville.
Fiction book (1997) -
"No doubt whoever owned this manuscript paid another scrivener to copy it."
Fiction book (1993) -
I hadn't paid the scrivener to copy that part out.
Fiction book (1993) -
The simplest solution to a congressional mistake, either a mere scrivener's error or a misunderstanding of policy consequences, is to have Congress fix that mistake.
Academic text (2017) -
Before the invention of the printing press, a scrivener was essential for producing copies of important documents.
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In historical records, a scrivener was often tasked with writing legal contracts and agreements by hand.
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During the medieval period, many wealthy families employed a scrivener to create beautifully written manuscripts.
Synonyms
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A person who writes or records information for other people
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3.5
A person who writes the first version of a document or plan
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7.7
A person who writes documents or books by hand
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7.7
A person who writes for a living, for example a journalist or author
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9.9
A person who writes down what someone else says
A person who copies texts by hand, often in the past
A person who writes letters or documents for other people for money
A person who writes texts by hand, for example an author
A Jewish person who writes Torah scrolls and sacred texts by hand following strict rules
A person who writes the first draft of an official document
A person who writes or organizes information for others to use
A person who does simple office paperwork and little creative work
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scrivener comes from the Latin verb scribere, which means 'to write', and it shares the same root as common words like scribe and scribble. So a scrivener was a person who wrote or copied documents by hand, which is why the word means someone who prepared papers before printing.