noun · rare

scrivener

scrivener · scriveners

писец, писарь

Schreiber

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

UK/ˈskɹɪvnə(ɹ)/US/ˈskɹɪvənəɹ/

» Try paying the scrivener a visit.

Meaning

2 senses

A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
Schreiber
писе́цpiséc, пи́сарьpísarʹ
(obsolete)One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.

More definitions

someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

Examples

2 sentences

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Translations

8 languages

Русский

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Origin

From Middle English scryvener, alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein (“profes

From Middle English scryvener, alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein (“professional penman, copyist”), from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scriba, *scribanem, from Latin scriba, from scrībō (“to write”).

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