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Amanuensis

Amanuensis Meaning & Definition
Amanuensis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Amanuensis?

[n] someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Amanuensis: shorthand typist | stenographer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Amanuensis: accountant | agent | archivist | baggage agent | bookkeeper | business agent | calligrapher | chirographer | claim agent | clerk | commercial agent | commission agent | consignee | copier | copyist | customer agent | documentalist | dupe | engraver | factor | fed | Federal | federal agent | filing clerk | freight agent | functionary | general agent | implement | ink spiller | inkslinger | instrument | insurance agent | land agent | law agent | letterer | librarian | literary agent | loan agent | marker | news agent | notary | notary public | official | parliamentary agent | passenger agent | pen | pencil driver | penman | penner | press agent | prothonotary | puppet | purchasing agent | real estate agent | record clerk | recorder | recording secretary | recordist | register | registrar | sales agent | scorekeeper | scorer | scribbler | scribe | scrivener | secretary | special agent | station agent | stenographer | steward | stonecutter | theatrical agent | ticket agent | timekeeper | tool | transcriber | travel agent | walking delegate | word-slinger | writer

See Also | secretarial assistant | secretary

Amanuensis In Webster's Dictionary

\A*man`u*en"sis\, n.; pl. {Amanuenses}. [L., fr. a, ab + manus hand.] A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.

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