sofer

[soh-fer; Sephardic Hebrew saw-fer; Ashkenazic Hebrew soh-fer]

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noun, plural so·fer·im

[soh-fer-im; Sephardic Hebrew saw-fe-reem; Ashkenazic Hebrew soh-fe-rim] /ˈsoʊ fər ɪm; Sephardic Hebrew sɔ fɛˈrim; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈsoʊ fɛ rɪm/. (often initial capital letter) Judaism.

scribe¹(def 3).

Origin of sofer

From the Hebrew word sōphēr

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"Well, poor old George'll have to do his settin' in Sofer's store after the third o' June," said the other, chuckling.
Anderson Crow, Detective
George Barr McCutcheon

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"Well, poor old George'll have to do his settin' in Sofer's store after the third o' June," said the other, chuckling.

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