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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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Historical Examples of sofer

"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