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Scrivener

Scrivener Meaning & Definition
Scrivener Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scrivener?

[n] someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

Synonyms | Synonyms for Scrivener: copyist | scribe

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See Also | employee

Scrivener In Webster's Dictionary

\Scrive"ner\ (? or ?), n. [From older scrivein, OF. escrivain, F. ['e]crivain, LL. scribanus, from L. scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] 1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. --Shak. The writer better scrivener than clerk. --Fuller. 2. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. [Obs.] --ryden. 3. A writing master. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}.

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