scrivener

[ skriv-ner ]
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noun

Origin of scrivener

1
1325–75; Middle English scriveyner, equivalent to scrivein (<Old French escrivein;see scribe1, -an) + -er-er1

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How to use scrivener in a sentence

  • But perhaps the best way to read the Bush memoir is as the elusive pièce de résistance of the most loyal Bush scrivener.

    Bush's Ghostwriter | Bryan Curtis | March 9, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • White House veterans described how Michel became Bush's scrivener.

    Bush's Ghostwriter | Bryan Curtis | March 9, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Memorandum: This morning one Mr. Commander, a scrivener, came to me from Mr. Moore with a deed of which.

  • The scrivener did look up accordingly, with the action of an automaton which suddenly obeys the impulse of a pressed spring.

    The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scott
  • Without answering a single word, the scrivener sat down, and drew in proper form a full receipt for the money proffered.

    The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scott
  • So saying, he seized the scrivener by the collar, and shook him so vehemently, that he tore it from the cassock.

    The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scott
  • As for Florent Guillaume, he had been the best scrivener in the city.

British Dictionary definitions for scrivener

scrivener

/ (ˈskrɪvnə) /


nounarchaic
  1. a person who writes out deeds, letters, etc; copyist

  2. a notary

Origin of scrivener

1
C14: from scrivein clerk, from Old French escrivain, ultimately from Latin scrība scribe

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