"scrivener" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskɹɪvnə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈskɹɪvənəɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrivener.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scriveners [plural]
Etymology: 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 (“I write”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scryvener}} Middle English scryvener, {{m|enm|scryveyn}} scryveyn, {{der|en|xno|scrivein||professional penman, copyist}} Anglo-Norman scrivein (“professional penman, copyist”), {{der|en|fro|escrivain}} Old French escrivain, {{der|en|VL.|*scriba|*scriba, *scribanem}} Vulgar Latin *scriba, *scribanem, {{der|en|la|scriba}} Latin scriba, {{m|la|scrībō||I write}} scrībō (“I write”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrivener (plural scriveners)
  1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. Categories (topical): People, Writing Translations (professional writer): писар (pisar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), schrijver (Dutch), skribisto (Esperanto), scribe (French), écrivain public [feminine, masculine] (French), Schreiber [masculine] (German), scrivano (Italian), tabelliō [masculine] (Latin), cleragh [masculine] (Manx), skriver [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skryba [masculine] (Polish), escrivão (Portuguese), escriba (Portuguese), писе́ц (piséc) [masculine] (Russian), пи́сарь (písarʹ) [masculine] (Russian), amanuense (Spanish), escribano (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scrivener-en-noun-zg1bR1eH Disambiguation of People: 52 48 Disambiguation of Writing: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'professional writer': 97 3
  2. (obsolete) One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-scrivener-en-noun-7qOKMW3k Disambiguation of People: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: amanuensis, scribe, tabellion Derived forms: money scrivener Related terms: notary

Inflected forms

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