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"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
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"ref": "1827, John Colin Dunlop, History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age, volume II",
"text": "In consequence of this fashion of authors dictating their works, expedition came to be considered of the utmost importance; it was regarded as the chief accomplishment of an amanuensis; and he alone was considered as perfect in his art, whose pen could equal the rapidity of utterance: […]",
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"ref": "1974, John Gardner, “The Warden”, in The King's Indian",
"text": "I, his mere amanuensis, am left to do what little I can to keep the institution functioning.",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "secretaire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schreiber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schreibhilfe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sekretär"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scríobhaí"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "amanuense"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one employed to take dictation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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